The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to remove Wegovy from its shortage list, which has allowedcompounding pharmacies to combine and mix copiesof the highly sought-after drugs for more than a year. Americans who cannot afford Wegovy or have struggled to find it hav...
Wegovy(generic name: semaglutide) is a GLP-1 agonist that is FDA-approved for weight loss and is similar to Mounjaro and Zepbound, but works in a slightly different way. Semaglutideis also sold under the brand namesOzempicandRybelsusto lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes, but ...
These types of drugs— semaglutide, which is sold under the brand names Ozempic andWegovy, along with tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro, and liraglutide, known asSaxenda— all function in a similar way. And they're highly effective: One doctor told CBS News these drugs can help people lose ab...
Injust a few years, brand-name injectable drugs such asOzempic,Wegovy,Mounjaro, andZepboundhave rocketed to fame asbillion-dollar annual sellersfor weight loss as well as to control blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of heart disease. But the price of these injections is steep: They co...
So why would stakeholders in our healthcare system not be beating down the doors to make these drugs more widely available? The answer, of course, boils down to money. The estimated cost of Wegovy and similar drugs for insurers, net of bulk discounts provi...
Weight-loss drugs that work by targeting the GLP-1 receptor, like Wegovy and Saxena, are in high demand—and there’s not enough to go around. Other countries could follow Switzerland’s lead to make the drugs more affordable and accessible, but only for the people who really need them. ...
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I am hard pressed to think of any—certainly not the food, diet, or diet-drug industries (Novo Nordisk, maker of the semaglutide drug, Wegovy, now makes more than the gross domestic product ofDenmark). The only exception I can think of is not-for-profit HMO’s like Kaiser Permanente, ...