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The next generation of GLP-1s came along as Novo Nordisk released semaglutide, which was approved for type 2 diabetes in 2017 (as Ozempic) and for obesity in 2021 (as Wegovy)

They were based largely on a single study whose population was, on average, over a decade past menopause onset - a population that doesn't represent the women most likely to consider HRT today

Trulicity sales in 2015 reached $248.7 million and continued to climb to $925.5 million in 2016 and to $2030 million in 2017, taking significant market share away from Victoza (Figure 7, Table 5) [187-189]

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While lower than injectable averages, it is still clinically meaningful