Browsing: Ozempic
The river was swift and unrelenting, its currents carrying victim after victim downstream. Local villagers responded by stringing nets across…
Most Americans who want to lose weight don’t want to take GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, new survey says
GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist drugs, are seemingly everywhere. In recent years, this class of weight-loss and Type 2 diabetes…
Zepbound vs. Wegovy: New clinical trial says this weight-loss medication sheds more pounds
Amid the war on obesity, a clear winner has emerged in a battle between two weight-loss injectables. Zepbound (tirzepatide), manufactured…
Ozempic covered by Medicare? It could be if Trump agrees to a Biden proposal with a $35 billion price tag
Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly if a…
Novo Nordisk Foundation CEO dismisses ‘Nokia risk’ as ‘fundamentally different’ for Denmark’s economy
The CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF), the philanthropic arm of the Danish Ozempic-making pharmaceutical giant, says Denmark is…
High demand for weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is impacting employer health care costs—but it can be critical for retaining talent
The weight loss drug revolution is helping fuel rising health care costs among employers, who are expanding their benefits to…
Novo Nordisk A/S was cited for quality lapses at a drug production plant in Denmark that makes the hit medicines…
Ozempic and Wegovy are trimming waistlines—and showing how quickly U.S. health care can turn into a gold rush
Is there anything GLP-1s can’t do? Diabetes and obesity are increasingly looking like the tip of the semaglutide iceberg. The…
Unemployed Brits will receive free Ozempic-style weight-loss shots to help them get jobs
Britain has apparently found a solution to the global unemployment crisis: Weight loss shots. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that…
Despite the boom in popularity of expensive GLP-1 drugs to treat weight loss, fewer than one in five large employers…