FDA approves weight-loss drug to treat sleep apnea
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a weight loss drug to treat sleep apnea, making it the first drug to treat sleep apnea, which affects millions of Americans. On Friday, federal regulators gave the green light for use of Eli Lilly's Zepbound drug, approving the prescription drug for adults suffering from moderate to […]
Biden proposes weight-loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy be covered by Medicare and Medicaid
Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to receive popular weight-loss drugs like Wigoby and Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under new rules proposed by the Biden administration Tuesday morning. A costly proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the latest in a potential showdown between the powerful pharmaceutical industry […]
Pumping the unemployed with weight-loss drugs echoes Victorian attitudes to the poor | Kenan Malik
IIn early 2023, Lars Fluagaard-Jorgensen, chief executive of Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, and Pinder Sahota, vice president of the company's UK subsidiary, met in Whitehall with then-Health Secretary Steve Barclay, head of the UK He met with Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty and others in Whitehall. Health authorities and financial authorities. They discussed […]
WeightWatchers CEO suddenly quits after push to embrace weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy
Weight Watchers CEO Sima Sistani abruptly resigned on Friday after a two-year tenure that included controversial adoption of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wigovy. Sistani pushed the 61-year-old company, known for its in-person meetings and portion control, to buy a telemedicine platform that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe popular obesity drugs. But […]
Weight-loss drugs could reduce COVID-related deaths: Study
A recent study found that patients who took the weight-loss drug semaglutide were less likely to die from COVID-19. According to Dr. Benjamin M. Sirica, one of the authors of the study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), patients who contracted COVID-19 while taking 2.4 mg of semaglutide, the active […]
Eli Lilly selling weight-loss drug Zepbound for 50% less
In response to surging demand, Eli Lilly said it has begun selling single-dose vials of its wildly popular weight-loss drug Zepbound, with the small doses priced 50 percent lower than competing drugs. The more affordable vials are sold to patients whose health insurance doesn't reimburse them for the weight-loss drug. The company said it would […]
Weight-loss coach shares catchy fitness ‘hack’ on TikTok as nutritionist has her own take
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Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill to compete with Wegovy
Pfizer, which discontinued a twice-daily version of the drug late last year, said Thursday that an improved, once-daily version of its weight-loss drug danugliplon will move into clinical trials later this year. The new drug is one of a generation of second-generation weight-loss drugs being developed by companies including Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that […]
Scott Disick was drinking 20 sodas a day before taking weight-loss drugs
Scott Disick has admitted that his eating habits were “horrible” before his dramatic weight loss. source: Scott Disick has revealed that before he slimmed down with the help of weight-loss drugs, he would eat an entire bag of Hawaiian rolls and drink 20 glasses of ginger ale. During Thursday’s episode of “Keeping Up With the […]
Nestlé launches food line targeting Ozempic, other weight-loss drug users
Nestle is launching a range of foods tailored to people using weight-loss drugs, in a bid to capitalise on a market expected to reach $30 billion over the next six years. Under the new Vital Pursuit brand, the global food giant plans to launch 12 products ranging from frozen protein pasta to sandwich melts and […]