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Parexel Execs On Obesity Drug Hurdles, Parexel GPT, India RWD Opportunity
Parexel’s chief strategy officer Kushal Gohil, Clinical EVP Stephen Pyke and India head Sanjay Vyas share thoughts on possible hurdles to, and the cascading impact of obesity treatments, GenAI progress and the opportunities and challenges of real-world data in India, in the second of this two-part interview with Scrip.

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