Introducing The Journal: Trillion Dollar Shot

Science Vs

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Science, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 11.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today we’re presenting Trillion Dollar Shot, a new series that explores the business story behind the rise of Ozempic and other blockbuster drugs being used for weight loss. The first episode focuses on the Novo Nordisk scientist who invented the compound that paved the way for Ozempic. You can find every episode on The Journal’s show feed. Trillion Dollar Shot is part of The Journal, which is a co-production of Spotify and the Wall Street Journal. This episode was hosted by Jessica Mendoza, with Bradley Olson. It was produced by Matt Kwong, with help from Jeevika Verma. Additional production from Adrienne Murray Nielsen. The series is edited by Katherine Brewer. Sound design and mixing by Peter Leonard. Mixing for Science Vs by Bobby Lord. Music in this episode by Peter Leonard and Bobby Lord. Theme music by So Wylie, remixed for this series by Peter Leonard. Special thanks to Maria Byrne, Stefanie Ilgenfritz, Kate Linebaugh, Peter Loftus, Sara O’Brien, Enrique Perez De La Rosa, Sarah Platt, Sune Rasumssen, Jonathan Sanders, Nathan Singhapok, Leying Tang, Rolfe Winkler, Liz Essley Whyte, and Tatiana Zamis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman from Science Versus. Today we've got something a little different for you.
0:05.4	We are sharing an episode from The Journal about the Rise of Osmpik and other blockbuster drugs that are being
0:11.6	used for weight loss.
0:13.6	And this episode is part of a series that the journal is doing called trillion dollar
0:17.7	shot.
0:18.7	Now if you listen to science versus a lot, thank you. But you'll know that we've covered these kinds of drugs
0:25.1	a bit and we've talked about how they work and what their potential side
0:28.6	effects are. But in this episode today you're going to hear the details of how these medications first got made.
0:36.0	And how for a moment there, it looked like Big Pharma was going to stop their development.
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1:15.9	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
1:18.3	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
1:28.0	There's a new class of blockbuster drugs, drugs like Ozemphic.
1:30.0	They're changing bodies.
1:31.0	And all of a sudden, just the weight starts falling off.
1:34.8	Fortunes, it just got too expensive.
1:37.2	They're just bank breakers.
1:39.2	And industries.
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