The new anti-obesity drugs could be as beneficial for the treatment of adolescents as adults — but obstacles may require ...
Medicaid is required to cover almost all drugs, but Congress specifically excluded those for weight loss. Even so, 16 states now cover Wegovy. Others are considering it, but it could strain budgets.
Health-care companies rose as optimism about a boom in obesity drugs regained momentum. Novo Nordisk shares ticked up after the maker of obesity ...
more than 320 drugs are on the drug shortage list maintained by the University of Utah Drug Information Service. Dr. Ethan Blocher-Smith Physicians who treat patients with diabetes and obesity say ...
(CNN) - About one in eight adults said they have taken a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic or Mounjaro, according to a new poll from ...
which does not cover anti-obesity medications for weight-loss management. In the United States, Wegovy’s list price is US$1,350 for one month’s supply. And in the United Kingdom, where Wegovy ...
Physicians see Wegovy and other drugs like it as powerful treatments for obesity as well as its many related health consequences. Analysts forecast annual sales of this new class of medicines to ...
Millions of Americans who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if they stop taking them Millions of Americans who have dropped ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, launched an ...
Even if they're not acquired, these small companies are developing promising obesity ... add up to a nice investment opportunity. First, corporate buyouts are back in style. Second, weight-loss ...
LONDON — Following a nine-month investigation, European regulators said Friday they have found no evidence that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy cause suicidal thoughts or actions. The ...
(CNN) — About 3.6 million Medicare enrollees may qualify for coverage of the anti-obesity ... application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicine’s label. GLP-1 medications such ...