Washingtonians share how they afford pricey weight loss medications
Popular weight loss drugs are so pricey that many may shell out hundreds or even thousands of dollars on them. Some ...
Health plans at 1 in 5 large companies cover weight-loss drugs for employees
Only a fifth of large U.S. companies cover pricey GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound in their health insurance ...
Offering Wegovy and other weight loss drugs on Medicare could cost $35 billion
Allowing Medicare to cover popular weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound could increase federal spending by billions ...
Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs would cost $35B: CBO
Expanding Medicare to cover weight loss drugs would cost $35 billion over eight years, according to a new report from the ...
WeightWatchers to offer compounded version of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug
WeightWatchers said on Tuesday it would offer a compounded version of Novo Nordisk's popular obesity drug Wegovy as part of ...
Compounding group sues FDA for removing Lilly's weight loss drug from shortage list
A drug compounding industry group on Monday sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its decision to take Eli Lilly’s ...
Drug makers can’t make knockoff weight-loss drugs anymore—and they’re mad
With the resolution, compounding pharmacies are no longer able to produce tirzepatide. And the FDA highlighted the point to ...
Most Americans who want to lose weight don’t want to take GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, new survey says
Men, baby boomers, and postgraduate-degree holders were among those most likely to say they wouldn’t choose medication over ...
1 in 10 Americans have tried injectable weight loss medication—These are the cities with the most early adopters
Three cities in Hawaii, Minnesota, and Texas report the highest usage of injectable weight loss medications. Meanwhile, ...
Mounjaro will soon be available as a weight loss treatment on the NHS. Here's what that means for patients
The weight loss jab Mounjaro will soon be made available to nearly a quarter of a million NHS patients, according to ...
France won’t pay for weight loss drug Wegovy. What about other European countries?
France is the latest European country to refuse to cover weight loss drugs through its national insurance programme.View on ...
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New drug approach could underpin future weight loss therapies, study indicates
In the research, mice were fed a high-fat diet were injected with the compound AP39, which delivers hydrogen sulfide direct to mitochondria in cells The research concluded that the treatment ...