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CagriSema Falls Further in Late-Stage Trial, But There Is a Caveat To make matters worse, on March 10, 2025, Novo Nordisk reported its CagriSema Phase 3 REDEFINE 2 CagriSema late-stage study revealed just 13.7% weight loss versus 3.1% placebo in overweight type 2 diabetes patients over a 68-week period, which was short of its 15% or higher expectations
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