How Weight-Loss Drugs Can Upend a Marriage
When Jeanne began to seriously consider taking Zepbound, one of the new-generation weight-loss drugs, she had the briefest of conversations with her husband, Javier. They were in
What is compounded semaglutide? All you need to know about the weight loss drugs Hims & Hers is selling
Hims & Hers is under scrutiny for promoting compounded weight-loss drugs in a Super Bowl ad without clear FDA approval or side effect disclosures. The
Hims Super Bowl Ad Spotlights Weight-Loss Drug Copycats as Clock Ticks on Their Business
Telehealth company Hims & Hers is pushing the boundaries of drug compounding and testing the limits of regulators.
The weight-loss drugs being tested in 2025: will they beat Ozempic?
In the first half of 2025, Ozempic developer Novo Nordisk in Bagsværd, Denmark, expects results from a second phase III trial of its experimental drug CagriSema — a combination of semaglutide and a medicine called cagrilintide. People on CagriSema lost about 23% of their body weight in a 68-week study, outperforming both drugs when taken alone.
Weight Loss Drug Super Bowl Ad Raises Questions About Compounded Vs. Branded Meds
An ad airing Super Bowl Sunday features “America’s deadliest epidemic,” obesity, and what can be done about it with the use of “affordable” compounded weight loss drugs.
WVU Medicine leads trial of procedure to maintain weight loss without GLP-1 drugs
WVU Medicine is playing a lead role in a national clinical study of a minimally invasive surgical procedure for people who've lost weight through drugs like Mounjaro and fear regaining the weight when they go off the drugs.
Drug industry groups target Hims & Hers Super Bowl ad touting weight loss drug
Drug industry calls out telehealth company Hims & Hers' Super Bowl ad touting its knock-off weight loss medications.
Zepbound sales keep soaring, even as weight loss drug growth slows
Sales of Eli Lilly’s (LLY) blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound surged in the fourth quarter despite missing the company’s ...
Lilly needs a plan to spur weight-loss drug sales, investors say
Eli Lilly investors and analysts said they want to hear details from the company on how exactly it plans to grow U.S. sales ...
What is compounded semaglutide and is it safe? The more affordable weight loss drugs Hims & Hers is selling, explained.
"They’re priced for profits, not patients.” That’s the critique from Hims & Hers Health’s buzzy — and controversial — Super ...
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Explainer: The Thriving Shadow Market of GLP-1s for Weight Loss
Compounding pharmacies aren’t the only makers of off-brand versions of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound. The ...
Blockbuster weight-loss drugs flood grey market, used without supervision: ‘This trend is triggering paralysis of gut,’ warn doctors
Tirzepatide, found in Mounjaro and Zepbound, mimics both GIP and GLP-1 hormones to activate insulin production. Semaglutide, ...
Prescriptions for weight loss drugs are skyrocketing, especially among young women. Experts think they know why.
The use of blockbuster weight loss drugs has surged among young women, for whom the treatments can often be "liberating." ...
Super Bowl ad sparks controversy over cut-rate Wegovy alternative
Hims & Hers offers a copycat of the blockbuster weight-loss drug at a fraction of the cost. But it might be a short-lived ...
Novo Nordisk CEO says he's confident about Wegovy supply, next-generation weight loss drugs
Ozempic and Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk quieted Wall Street’s concerns with its fourth-quarter results and 2025 outlook.