This week in The Fin podcast, technology writer Nick Bonyhady and health editor Jill Margo on how Ozempic has upended the weight-loss industry, the companies trying to make money from it and the health risks threatening to derail its meteoric rise.

Further reading: 
The weight loss cycle: out with Jenny Craig, in with Ozempic Depending who you ask, Ozempic is “phenomenal” for patients or a “dangerous” way of losing weight. Either way, its arrival heralds a new model of medicine.
Eucalyptus changes tune and begins selling Ozempic Australia’s biggest weight loss drug selling start-up, Eucalyptus, has begun selling Ozempic after previously insisting it only sold medications specifically approved to help people shed kilograms.

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This week in The Fin podcast, technology writer Nick Bonyhady and health editor Jill Margo on how Ozempic has upended the weight-loss industry, the companies trying to make money from it and the health risks threatening to derail its meteoric rise.
Further reading: 
<ul>
<li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><a href="https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/health-and-wellness/the-weight-loss-cycle-out-with-jenny-craig-in-with-ozempic-20230719-p5dpkg" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/health-and-wellness/the-weight-loss-cycle-out-with-jenny-craig-in-with-ozempic-20230719-p5dpkg" data-sk="tooltip_parent">The weight loss cycle: out with Jenny Craig, in with Ozempic</a> Depending who you ask, Ozempic is “phenomenal” for patients or a “dangerous” way of losing weight. Either way, its arrival heralds a new model of medicine.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.afr.com/technology/eucalyptus-changes-tune-and-begins-selling-ozempic-20230703-p5dlbs" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/technology/eucalyptus-changes-tune-and-begins-selling-ozempic-20230703-p5dlbs" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Eucalyptus changes tune and begins selling Ozempic</a> Australia’s biggest weight loss drug selling start-up, Eucalyptus, has begun selling Ozempic after previously insisting it only sold medications specifically approved to help people shed kilograms.</li>
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