Ozempic face? Botox maker reports boost from ‘sagging face’ trend

• The increasing rate of patients using GLP-1 medications is now boosting growth in Galderma’s aesthetics portfolio, CEO Flemming Ørnskov told CNBC on Thursday.
• <a href="https://healthylife7.com/what-your-spoiler-preference-says-about-you/” title=”What Your Spoiler Preference Says About You”>About 10% of U.S. adults now report taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, which may boost demand for treatments like fillers and anti-wrinkle injections.
• “We were actually the first one to show that if you take two of our products [filler and Scuptra]… you can mitigate some of the facial sagging that you see if you have significant weight loss,” CEO Flemming Ørnskov said.

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The increased use of weight-loss drugs has created a big opportunity for aesthetics company Galderma, its CEO told CNBC on Thursday

“We were actually the first one to show that if you take two of our products [filler and Scuptra]… you can mitigate some of the facial sagging that you see if you have significant weight loss,” CEO Flemming Ørnskov said

The increasing rate of patients using the so-called GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, its weight-loss equivalent Wegovy, or Zepbound, especially in the U.S., is now feeding into “the very strong growth that we’re seeing in our aesthetics portfolio,” Ørnskov told CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition.”

“It’s a significant opportunity for us, but it’s still early days,” he said. 

About one in 10 U.S. adults now report taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, a rapidly expanding patient population that companies such as Galderma hope will fuel demand for treatments addressing facial volume loss, sometimes dubbed “Ozempic face.” 

Ørnskov’s comments came as Galderma, which makes brands of botulinum toxin, colloquially known as botox, facial fillers and collagen stimulators, reported nearly 25% sales growth at constant currencies year-on-year. 

Growth in the U.S., the by far largest market for GLP-1 drugs, outpaced growth elsewhere at 32%, versus 19% in the rest of the world

The Swiss-listed stock was little moved in mid-morning trading

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