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Dec. 4, 2024 StatNews.com today reported that…. Eli Lilly’s drug Zepbound resulted in weight loss that was 47% greater than the weight loss achieved with Wegovy, the rival medicine made by Novo Nordisk, according to a new head-to-head study out this morning. The news likely will not be entirely surprising to the physicians and scientists […]
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Sept. 23, 2024 According to Becker’s Hospital Review… On Sept. 24, Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen is slated to testify at a Senate committee hearing about the costs for Wegovy and Ozempic. The hearing comes after months of disagreements between Denmark-based Novo Nordisk and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The
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August 13, 2024 As reported by Fiercehealthcare.com today in an article… The genetic testing company 23andMe sees an opportunity to get in on the weight loss boom. The company, through its Lemonaid Health business, plans to launch a GLP-1 weight loss telehealth membership by the end of the month, it announced last week along with
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March 4, 2024 U.S. Weight Loss Market Now Worth $90 Billion, Obesity Drug Sales Soar March 4, 2024 Marketdata LLC has just published a new analysis of the weight loss market: “The U.S. Weight Loss Market: 2024 Status Report & Forecast”, March 2024, 107 Pages Some findings: The total U.S. weight loss market is estimated
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January 5, 2023 Eli Lilly and Company launched a website, lillydirect.com, to enable people to directly order from the drug maker including its weight-loss medicine Zepbound as well as connect people with obesity and other conditions with telehealth companies. The service, called LillyDirect, comes on the back on extraordinary demand seen over the last year
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January 4, 2024 The history of weight loss drugs in the U.S. is filled with meds that were taken off the market due to nasty side effects, going back to the phen/fen crisis of 1997. Many more followed (Belviq, Qsymia, Taranabant, Acomplia) . These side effects did not emerge until years after entering the market
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Dec. 30, 2023 We have started to see TV commercials touting a company called RO, for weight loss. Apparently, this company entered the weight loss market in January 2023, providing GLP-1 weight loss drugs plus coaching, Ro is a direct-to-patient healthcare company with a mission of helping patients achieve their health goals by delivering the
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Sept. 13, 2023 On August 8, Lilly reported that its second-quarter income jumped 85% from the same period a year ago, driven in large part by Mounjaro, which generated $979.7 million in sales for the quarter, compared to $16 million in the year-ago period and $569 million in the first quarter of this year. In
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August 20, 2023 Boehringer Ingelheim could soon stake a claim in the lucrative obesity treatment market after the pharma company said it has advanced a candidate into three Phase III trials following promising data. Servodutide, the company’s glucagon/glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor dual agonist co-developed with Zeland Pharma, demonstrated up to 19% weight loss after
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June 5, 2023 There is no doubt that the new obesity drugs (Wegovy, Ozempic) are hot and in high demand, but there is a disturbing new trend developing. Since the brand name drugs often cost $1,000 to $1,300 per month and are not covered by insurance, people are looking for cheaper alternatives. That’s where compounding
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