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May 2, 2024 Management reported that: “We delivered solid performance in the first quarter with end of period subscribers of 4.0 million, improved retention and engagement in our core business, and continued strong growth in our clinical business with 91 thousand end of period clinical subscribers,” said Sima Sistani, the Company’s CEO. “We continue to […]
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April 29, 2024 Management said that: “Our new model is highly differentiated from competitors, with a holistic approach including our habit-based and Coach guided solution along with nutrition products and community support. It will be supported by a reimagined framework for customer acquisition, with a new company-led national marketing campaign, enhancing both awareness of the
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April 29, 2024 According to an article at Biospace.com, GLP-1 agonists are set to become the best-selling drugs in 2024, but the biopharma industry isn’t resting on its collective laurels. Instead, some companies are pushing to improve upon the popular obesity medicines with therapies that promote higher-quality weight loss. Clinical studies have shown that up
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March 19, 2024 Last night Oprah Winfrey hosted a TV special investigating the popular GLP-1 diet drugs. The stories by people who lost significant weight were good, as was the information about obesity being a disease and not just a lack of willpower. However, in our opinion, some very important topics were not even mentioned.
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March 14, 2024 The U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is partnering with Amazon to help distribute its prescription drugs, notably its new weight loss treatment called Zepbound. Eli Lilly is using Amazon Pharmacy to distribute Zepbound to people’s homes through the drug maker’s new direct-to-consumer program. Going forward, Amazon Pharmacy will deliver drugs from Eli
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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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Feb. 28, 2024 WW reported its results for Q4 2023 and the full year today. WW reported results in line with analysts’ expectations in Q4 FY2023, with revenue down 8% year on year to $206 million. “2023 was a pivotal year as we began transforming our business for the future. We returned WeightWatchers to year
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Feb. 20, 2024 Medifast reported full-year and Q4 results on February 20, 2023. 2023 revenues came in at $1.07 billion. The company employed 41,100 active earning Optavia health coaches, who had quarterly earnings of $4,648 (or $18,592 on an annual rate). Management said that: “We are realigning our business to respond to the evolving dynamics
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January 30, 2024 Based on the latest data from the ASMBS (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery), the number of surgeries performed jumped by 32% in 2021, to 262,893. This happened during the pandemic, which is surprising, since many elective procedures were postponed. This was about 25% higher than Marketdata’s estimate in our March
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January 20, 2024 Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly aren’t the only drug companies active in the prescription diet drugs space. Viking Therapeutics has a dual GLP-1/GIP agonist in Phase 2 clinical trials for treating obesity and liver fat reduction for injectable and oral administration. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has an FDA-approved treatment for the treatment of MC4R-pathway-related
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