Kenya reviews market entry for diabetes drug, Mounjaro

The Kenyan market has seen growing demand for newer diabetes treatments, particularly GLP-1 medicines that can reduce appetite and body weight.

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The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has begun reviewing an application to register Mounjaro, a booming once-weekly injectable diabetes drug, for use in Kenya.

The application was submitted by Aspen Pharmacare, a South African pharmaceutical company that has an agreement with Eli Lilly, the US manufacturer of Mounjaro, to distribute and promote the drug across sub-Saharan Africa.

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