IN recent months makers of weight-loss drugs have gone on a crash diet. In late July Novo Nordisk, the Danish firm that gave the world Ozempic, lost a quarter of its market value in a day after it cut ...

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Does compounded Semaglutide work for weight loss? Compounded semaglutide can be an affordable alternative to brand-name weight loss injections like Ozempic and Wegovy. But it’s important to understand ...

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This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Weight loss can be a challenge, even for those who eat healthily and exercise regularly. Injectable weight loss medications — also ...

Novo Nordisk said that patients taking a pill form of Wegovy in a clinical trial lost about as much weight as those who get the shot version, fueling new optimism that oral GLP-1 drugs could expand an ...

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Recent research has shown how weight-loss and diabetes medications, also known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s), can help with a variety of other conditions. This includes ...

While Ozempic and other drugs like it have proven effective in helping people lose weight, many gain it back when the injections stop. A new drug targets weight loss differently, leading to a more ...

Over the last four years, weight-loss drugs that dampen down appetite and promote satiety have revolutionised obesity medicine. They are currently being taken by 1.5 million people in the UK and have ...

A new era of weight-loss treatment could soon trade needles for pills. Drugmakers behind GLP-1 injections like Wegovy and Zepbound are racing to launch once-daily oral versions that may help people ...

Pfizer PFE-3.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle has agreed to pay up to $7.3 billion for weight-loss drug developer Metsera MTSR 1.16%increase; green up pointing triangle in a deal that gets the ...