CHARLEBOIS: GLP-1 drugs becoming Canada’s $3.4 billion food disruption

CHARLEBOIS: GLP-1 drugs becoming Canada’s $3.4 billion food disruption

We learned last week that Apotex Inc., Canada’s largest drug manufacturer, has received approval from Health Canada to market a generic version of Ozempic.

What began as a treatment for diabetes has quickly evolved into something far more consequential – a structural force reshaping consumer behaviour and, by extension, Canada’s agri-food economy. And these drugs will now get cheaper.

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