Reuters columnist Aimee Donnellan will be at Kennys Bookshop on January 22nd to celebrate launch of her debut book, Off the Scales.

Tickets for this event are free – booking is required – and all are welcome!

Aimee Donnellan is a columnist at Reuters, where her reporting has focused on the pharmaceutical, airline and insurance industries since 2017. Previously she was the Sunday Times banking correspondent and covered the bond market for the International Financing Review. She holds degrees in English and History from the University of Galway and in journalism from the London School of Journalism. She lives in Galway with her wife and two children. Off the Scales is her first book.

All are welcome to this launch event which will feature a book signing by Aimee, speeches, and wine and soft drinks will be served.

About Off the Scales:
A ‘cure’ for obesity has long evaded the pharmaceutical industry, until the development of Ozempic: a diabetes medication that targets the GLP-1 hormone and makes people feel fuller for longer.

After decades of research, Ozempic’s creator Novo Nordisk quickly became one of the most valuable companies in Europe. Now it struggles to keep up with its rivals in an explosive and lucrative market for weight-loss injections. The treatment is so effective that it’s already disrupted industries from healthcare to fast food to fashion. Financial investment has skyrocketed and public demand continues to soar alongside celebrity endorsements. Beyond million-dollar profits, countless lives could now be saved from preventable diseases, but one question remains: are these drugs too good to be true?

Through original reporting and rigorous research, Aimee Donnellan uncovers the complicated history of a medical breakthrough that is changing the world, while raising difficult questions about inequality, morality, our beauty ideals and the pursuit of thinness. Along the way, Donnellan profiles the female scientist whose contributions to the discovery of GLP-1 were overlooked and some of the earliest Ozempic users share powerful testimonies.

Off the Scales is a revelatory, gripping and urgent study of the unexpected consequences of finally getting what we’ve wanted for so long.

Signed copies of the book will be available to buy at the launch, drinks will be served on arrival.
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