The Battle For the Bulging

Despite disappointments in the hunt for effective fat-busting drugs, this large and seemingly ever-growing market is encouraging companies to continue to rise to the challenge of a disease that is a host of interacting disorders.

by Melanie A. Senior

Obesity affects more than a fifth of the adult population in the US and Germany, and more than 15% in the UK (see Exhibit 1). Yet it's only in the...

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