"This year's average premium increase of 7.9% accounts for demands for double digit reimbursement rate increases from hospitals and providers that have been emboldened to ignore our state's health care cost growth benchmark and continued outsized increases in prescription drug prices," Pellegrini sa...
“The key is how is the federal government going to handle drug prices going forward,” said Ron Mastrogiovanni, CEO of health care software company HealthView Services and an expert on health care costs. “Are we going to give the authority to the government to actually neg...
Lilly Launches Vials of Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound for as Low as $399 a Month More Reuters FILE PHOTO: An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Ph...
What is the newest weight loss drug?The newest weight loss drug approved by the FDA is Zepbound (tirzepatide), a dual GIP/GLP-1 (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1) agonist. Zepbound was approved on Nov. 8, 2023 and is given as a once-weekly subcuta...
BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- A 58-year-old man surnamed Li, weighing nearly 100 kg, was among the first patients in China to use Semaglutide as a prescribed medication for weight loss. Semaglutide is no stranger to Li, who has previously used it in another drug to manage his blood su...
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Lawmakers press Novo Nordisk CEO over weight-loss drug prices This undated photo provided by Novo Nordisk shows flags bearing the company's logo. (Novo Nordisk via AP)
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