Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds

Associated Press  

The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients. “It moves from a kind of therapy that reduces body weight to a therapy that reduces cardiovascular events,” said Dr. Michael Lincoff, the study’s lead author and a heart expert at the Cleveland Clinic. Wegovy is a high-dose version of the diabetes treatment Ozempic, which already has been shown to reduce the risk of serious heart problems in people who have diabetes. Experts have known for years that losing weight can improve heart health, but there hasn’t been a safe and effective obesity medication proven to reduce specific risks, said Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, a heart expert at the Mayo Clinic.

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Opinion: Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters
5 days, 1 hour ago

Opinion: Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters

LA Times  

Salty and fatty manufactured foods, along with sweet ones, have been engineered to encourage snacking and excessive eating. Companies have reshaped the food system to produce ultraprocessed, hyperpalatable and highly profitable foods, leading people to snack more, eat larger portions and prepare fewer meals themselves. Just as health experts urge us to reduce our intake of salt, fat and sugar, …

Consultations for obesity drug prescriptions are way up over 2023, survey finds
1 week, 5 days ago

Consultations for obesity drug prescriptions are way up over 2023, survey finds

NPR  

Consultations for obesity drug prescriptions are way up over 2023, survey finds Appointments with health professionals for obesity drug consultations are way up, according to data from Zocdoc, a provider of scheduling services. SYDNEY LUPKIN, BYLINE: Doctor Sarah Nosal, a family physician in the South Bronx, New York, says a lot more of her patients have come in asking about …

Eli Lilly new trial is all about the battle to be best weight-loss drug zepbound and wegovy
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Eli Lilly new trial is all about the battle to be best weight-loss drug zepbound and wegovy

India Today  

In a study trial, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug Zepbound showed better results than another pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy. The trial, called SURMOUNT-5, compared Zepbound to Wegovy, which is a mono GLP-1 receptor agonist in adults living with obesity without diabetes. The results showed Zepbound delivering a remarkable 47% greater relative weight loss compared to Wegovy, …

Weight-loss meds go head-to-head in new study. One was significantly more effective, drugmaker says
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Weight-loss meds go head-to-head in new study. One was significantly more effective, drugmaker says

The Independent  

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Zepbound tops Wegovy for weight loss in Eli Lilly study
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Zepbound tops Wegovy for weight loss in Eli Lilly study

Associated Press  

Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Shares of Eli Lilly climbed Wednesday after the drugmaker detailed a study showing that its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound helped patients shed more pounds than Wegovy from rival Novo Nordisk. Lilly said patients taking Zepbound lost about 20% of their weight on average compared to nearly 14% …

Eli Lilly’s Zepbound beats Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in first head-to-head study
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Eli Lilly’s Zepbound beats Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in first head-to-head study

Live Mint  

In the first head-to-head test, Eli Lilly’s Zepbound obesity drug helped people lose significantly more weight than its main competitor, Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. The details People taking Zepbound lost 20.2% of their body weight on average after 72 weeks of treatment in the Lilly- That translated into an average 50-pound loss for people who took Zepbound, while Wegovy users lost …

Cheap Ozempic? Millions of obese Americans wait on Trump’s decision
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Cheap Ozempic? Millions of obese Americans wait on Trump’s decision

The Independent  

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Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly if a $ 35 billion proposal from the Biden administration is blessed by President-elect Donald Trump. The rule, unveiled Tuesday by the Health and Human Services Department, would require Medicare and Medicaid to cover weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound …

What happens when Ozempic and Wegovy don’t work?
4 weeks, 1 day ago

What happens when Ozempic and Wegovy don’t work?

The Independent  

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Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy launches in China, offering obesity drug at a fraction of US prices
1 month ago

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy launches in China, offering obesity drug at a fraction of US prices

Salon  

Semaglutide and tirzepatide medications have transformed weight loss, diabetes management, and overall health in recent years. According to Reuters and CNN, Novo Nordisk announced Monday that it has launched its popular obesity drug Wegovy in China, the world’s second-largest pharmaceuticals market, where more than 180 million people live with obesity. Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk’s direct competitor and the manufacturer of …

Weight-loss drug Wegovy launched in China
1 month ago

Weight-loss drug Wegovy launched in China

CNN  

Novo Nordisk said Monday it has launched its popular obesity drug Wegovy in China, the world’s second-largest pharmaceuticals market where it estimates more than 180 million people live with obesity. Novo gained approval for Wegovy in China in June and will initially target Chinese patients willing to pay out-of-pocket for the weekly injectable drug. Strong sales there and in the …

Wegovy/Mounjaro: The UK thinks weight loss drugs could ease unemployment. Experts say that’s a fantasy
Trending News
1 month, 1 week ago

Wegovy/Mounjaro: The UK thinks weight loss drugs could ease unemployment. Experts say that’s a fantasy

CNN  

London CNN — Weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic have been hailed worldwide as revolutionary for medicine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that his government needs to “think differently” about how to reduce pressure on the country’s national health care system, overburdened amid staffing shortages and funding pressures. Tom Little/Reuters The government trial studying links between …

Makers of Wegovy and Ozempic issue warning over deadly weight-loss copycats
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Makers of Wegovy and Ozempic issue warning over deadly weight-loss copycats

The Independent  

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Ozempic, Wegovy considered ‘available’ after more than 2 years in shortage
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ozempic, Wegovy considered ‘available’ after more than 2 years in shortage

The Independent  

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Your employer may start covering weight-loss drugs soon
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Your employer may start covering weight-loss drugs soon

CNN  

CNN — Hoping your company will begin paying for anti-obesity medications like Wegovy? While employers typically cover the medications for diabetes, fewer of them do so for weight loss, in part because of the drugs’ high prices — which have also limited Americans’ access to them. Hollie Adams/Reuters Still, more than a quarter of employers are considering adding coverage for …

The US has passed peak obesity, a new survey suggests. Is it the Ozempic effect?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The US has passed peak obesity, a new survey suggests. Is it the Ozempic effect?

The Independent  

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Wegovy weight loss: The science and the hype of supplements
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Wegovy weight loss: The science and the hype of supplements

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 04, 2024 18:39 IST - 5 MINS READ It was sometime during the COVID-19 pandemic when Wegovy and Ozempic hit mainstream awareness. When used as a weight loss medication, Wegovy is only recommended “as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce weight in patients who are very obese,” Ward told DW. But the side effects mean …

Ozempic and Wegovy can supercharge weight loss and even defy ageing – but can they save the NHS?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ozempic and Wegovy can supercharge weight loss and even defy ageing – but can they save the NHS?

The Independent  

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Column: The Ozempic revolution in weight-loss drugs exposes the weakest links in our healthcare system — drug pricing and insurance
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: The Ozempic revolution in weight-loss drugs exposes the weakest links in our healthcare system — drug pricing and insurance

LA Times  

The diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic. This limits the length of time that health gains can be internalized as reduced claims.’ — David Anderson, University of South Carolina health policy expert Yet millions of Americans are unable to access these drugs, thanks to the two big, interrelated flaws in our healthcare system: unrestrained pricing by drug companies and the economics …

Unassuming city that's become America's Ozempic weight loss epicenter - and it isn't LA or NYC
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Unassuming city that's become America's Ozempic weight loss epicenter - and it isn't LA or NYC

Daily Mail  

The Ozempic boom has dominated Hollywood and the world of social media influencers looking to drop a few stubborn pounds. WEIGHT LOSS HOTSPOT: A very unassuming city that's feeling this boom more than anywhere else in America: Bowling Green, Kentucky A NEW WOMAN: Mary Ellis lost 80 pounds on Ozempic APPLE OF HER EYE: Mary's husband has started taking it …

Wegovy: Ozempic sister drug to be sold in Australia within days
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wegovy: Ozempic sister drug to be sold in Australia within days

Daily Mail  

A drug that mimics popular weight loss medicine Ozempic will be available in Australian pharmacies within days. Like Ozempic, the drug is administered through a once-weekly pen, however it contains a higher amount of the active ingredient and is used to manage chronic weight conditions, whereas Ozempic is only approved to manage type 2 diabetes. In May the Australian government …

Don't insure use of Wegovy slimming drug, health institute says
5 months, 1 week ago

Don't insure use of Wegovy slimming drug, health institute says

Dutch News  

Slimming drug Wegovy should not be included in the basic insurance package because its long-term health benefits are unclear and it will also boost costs, the Dutch healthcare institute has said in recommendations to health minister Fleur Agema. Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk filed a request for Wegovy to be admitted to the basic insurance package last year. A majority of …

Don't insure use of Wegovy slimming drug, health institute says
5 months, 1 week ago

Don't insure use of Wegovy slimming drug, health institute says

Dutch News  

Slimming drug Wegovy should not be included in the basic insurance package because its long-term health benefits are unclear and it will also boost costs, the Dutch healthcare institute has said in recommendations to health minister Fleur Agema. Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk filed a request for Wegovy to be admitted to the basic insurance package last year. A majority of …

India one step closer to approving weight-loss drug tirzepatide: What is it? How does it work?
5 months, 1 week ago

India one step closer to approving weight-loss drug tirzepatide: What is it? How does it work?

Firstpost  

Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company, has received the first approval for the sale of its blockbuster drug Tirzepatide in India. Here’s what we know about this ‘game-changing’ medication A box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Lilly is seen at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. Last week, the apex drug regulator’s, …

Study links popular weight loss drugs to rare blinding eye condition
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Study links popular weight loss drugs to rare blinding eye condition

Hindustan Times  

Popular weight loss drugs have been linked to an uncommon eye-blinding condition, according to a new study. Study links popular weight loss drugs to rare blinding eye condition Patients with diabetes or obesity are commonly prescribed weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic or Wegovy, containing the protein semaglutide, which helps manage blood sugar by promoting production of insulin. A team …

Wegovy weight-loss drug OK'd in China
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wegovy weight-loss drug OK'd in China

China Daily  

By AI HEPING in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-06-26 14:54 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the logo of Novo Nordisk at the company's office in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, March 8, 2024. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said Tuesday that its injectable weight-loss drug Wegovy has been approved in China, where the proportion of overweight and …

Wegovy weight-loss drug OK'd in China
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wegovy weight-loss drug OK'd in China

China Daily  

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the logo of Novo Nordisk at the company's office in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, March 8, 2024. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said Tuesday that its injectable weight-loss drug Wegovy has been approved in China, where the proportion of overweight and obese adults reached almost 51 percent of the country's 1.4 billion people …

New weight loss drugs are on the way — and the health benefits are even more promising
5 months, 4 weeks ago

New weight loss drugs are on the way — and the health benefits are even more promising

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop new weight loss drugs following …

Jesse Plemons addresses ‘unfortunate’ Ozempic rumors amid his weight loss journey
6 months, 1 week ago

Jesse Plemons addresses ‘unfortunate’ Ozempic rumors amid his weight loss journey

The Independent  

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Young slim women are landing in A&E after abusing Ozempic or Wegovy, say medics, as NHS's chief doctor warns against using the jabs to get 'beach-body ready'
6 months, 1 week ago

Young slim women are landing in A&E after abusing Ozempic or Wegovy, say medics, as NHS's chief doctor warns against using the jabs to get 'beach-body ready'

Daily Mail  

Medics claim a wave of young healthy women are needing A&E care after taking appetite suppressing Ozempic and Wegovy bought online under false pretences. It comes as the NHS's top doctor issued a warning that the powerful drugs are only designed to help diabetics and the obese and shouldn't be abused by holidaymakers trying to get ‘beach-body ready’. Ozempic and …

Millions of Americans need drugs like Ozempic. Will it bankrupt the healthcare system?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Millions of Americans need drugs like Ozempic. Will it bankrupt the healthcare system?

LA Times  

Injectable weight-loss drugs can prevent serious health problems, which makes them extremely valuable. The financial impact on Medicare is tempered by a 2003 federal law that prevents the government health insurance program from covering weight-loss medications.The drugs can be added to formularies if prescribed for another “medically accepted indication,” such as to treat type 2 diabetes or reduce heart risk, …

There’s yet another amazing use for drugs like Ozempic, study finds
6 months, 4 weeks ago

There’s yet another amazing use for drugs like Ozempic, study finds

The Independent  

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Use of Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs soars among kids and young adults
7 months ago

Use of Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs soars among kids and young adults

Associated Press  

At 17, Israel McKenzie was so burdened by obesity that he stopped going to high school in person and was embarrassed to speak to people at his restaurant job. “I had given up hope.” But last year, the weight-loss drug Wegovy helped him shed 110 pounds in nine months, making the rural Tennessee teen part of a surge of adolescents …

So, you’ve lost weight using Wegovy. What happens next?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

So, you’ve lost weight using Wegovy. What happens next?

The Independent  

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Wegovy: At least 25,000 people in the US are starting weight-loss drug each week, drugmaker says
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Wegovy: At least 25,000 people in the US are starting weight-loss drug each week, drugmaker says

CNN  

CNN — Drugmaker Novo Nordisk said it’s been increasing supply of its sought-after weight-loss drug Wegovy, with at least 25,000 people now starting to take the medicine each week in the United States. We’re talking about, many patients, chronic treatment.” Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk’s biggest competitor, also said this week it expects supply to increase later this year. “While we …

So you’ve lost weight using Wegovy. Does that mean you can stop taking it?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

So you’ve lost weight using Wegovy. Does that mean you can stop taking it?

Associated Press  

Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are facing a new dilemma: What happens if they stop taking them? Others want to stop for holidays or special occasions — or just because they don’t want to take the weekly shots indefinitely, said Dr. Katherine Saunders, an obesity expert at Weill …

Do weight loss drugs work for diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Do weight loss drugs work for diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

Hindustan Times  

Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. Do weight loss drugs work for diet industry built on eating less and exercising more? He's lost 30 pounds, and has started eating healthier food and exercising — the habits behind many commercial …

What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. He’s lost 30 pounds, and has started eating healthier food and exercising — the habits behind many commercial diet plans and decades of conventional wisdom on sustainable weight loss. “This …

‘Miracle’ weight-loss drugs could have reduced health disparities. Instead they got worse
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Miracle’ weight-loss drugs could have reduced health disparities. Instead they got worse

LA Times  

Wegovy is part of a new generation of weight-loss medications that made some doctors optimistic about reversing longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in obesity. “These patients have a higher burden of disease, and they’re less likely to get the medicine that can save their lives,” said Dr. Lauren Eberly, a cardiologist and health services researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. …

No link between Ozempic, Wegovy and suicide, EU drug regulators say
8 months, 1 week ago

No link between Ozempic, Wegovy and suicide, EU drug regulators say

Associated Press  

Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions. A federally funded U.S. study also found that people taking semaglutide, the medication in Ozempic and Wegovy, had a lower risk of suicidal thoughts than those taking older medications to treat …

Weight-loss drug Wegovy offers benefits for people with diabetes and common form of heart failure, study finds
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Weight-loss drug Wegovy offers benefits for people with diabetes and common form of heart failure, study finds

CNN  

CNN — The popular weight loss drug Wegovy seems to provide more health benefits for people who have diabetes and a common kind of heart failure than just helping take off the pounds, according to a new study. The study, published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed how the drug helped people with Type 2 diabetes who …

Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients
9 months ago

Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients

Associated Press  

Medicare can pay for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy — as long as the patients using it also have heart disease and need to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems, federal officials said Thursday. Part D plans could begin covering the drug “some time this year,” said Tricia Neuman, a Medicare policy specialist at …

Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients
9 months ago

Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients

The Independent  

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The rise of ‘Ozempic face’: the Wegovy side effect that’s here to stay
9 months ago

The rise of ‘Ozempic face’: the Wegovy side effect that’s here to stay

The Independent  

At a certain age, you have to choose between your face and your ass.” This pithy saying tends to be attributed to the actor Catherine Deneuve, but it has also been placed in the mouths of a whole constellation of stars: socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, quippy old Hollywood star Mae West, actor and activist Jane Fonda, to name a few. …

Medicare can now cover Wegovy for more senior citizens
9 months ago

Medicare can now cover Wegovy for more senior citizens

CNN  

CNN — Medicare could start covering Wegovy for certain senior citizens and other beneficiaries with a history of heart disease now that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicine’s label. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it has informed insurers that provide Medicare Part D drug …

Wegovy’s Newly Verified Heart Benefits Under Review by Medicare
9 months, 1 week ago

Wegovy’s Newly Verified Heart Benefits Under Review by Medicare

Live Mint  

-- Medicare may soon be required to cover the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy for heart disease patients with obesity after US regulators approved an expanded label last week. But after the US Food and Drug Administration said Wegovy could be used to help prevent life-threatening cardiovascular events, it raises the question of whether Medicare prescription drug programs will now have …

Obesity drug Wegovy is approved to cut heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Obesity drug Wegovy is approved to cut heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients

Associated Press  

The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, which has helped millions of Americans shed pounds, can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity, federal regulators said Friday. The decision was based on the results of a study that found that Wegovy cut the risk …

Weight-loss drug Wegovy can be marketed for heart benefits after FDA label update
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Weight-loss drug Wegovy can be marketed for heart benefits after FDA label update

CNN  

CNN — Wegovy’s not just for weight loss anymore. The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s application to add cardiovascular benefits to the medicine’s label, making it the first weight-loss drug to also be cleared to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death in people at higher risk of these conditions. “Wegovy …

What happens if you stop taking Wegovy? Millions are finding out
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What happens if you stop taking Wegovy? Millions are finding out

The Independent  

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Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are meant for long-term use. Some patients want to stop
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are meant for long-term use. Some patients want to stop

Associated Press  

Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are facing a new dilemma: What happens if they stop taking them? “To me, it’s a help, it’s an aid,” said Donna Cooper, 62, of Front Royal, Virginia, who lost nearly 40 pounds in nine months using Wegovy along with diet and exercise. …

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