A move to cover expensive weight-loss drugs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid may be in the works, but any such program ...

Semaglutide is the active ingredient in the weight loss medication Wegovy and the diabetes drugs Ozempic and Rybelsus, which ...

Losing weight is a common wish for many people in 2024. Diabetes drug Ozempic and new obesity injection Wegovy offer new ways to do so. And increasing demand has had a massive economic impact.

Wegovy is a weight-loss medication containing the amino acid semaglutide, which curbs appetite by mimicking a hormone that ...

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal says weight-loss drugs are killing restaurants - despite taking them himself.

A study analyzing 92,000 people found semaglutides, found in GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, were linked to a 33% lower risk of ...

HYDERABAD — Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is gearing up to enter the booming global obesity drug market with a more affordable ...

A study analyzing 92,000 people found semaglutides, found in GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, were linked to a 33% ...

Some obese Americans on Medicare and Medicaid could get access to expensive weight loss drugs under a five-year experiment ...

Drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists were initially developed to treat Type 2 diabetes but have become a cultural phenomenon.

State Medicaid programs already are allowed to offer GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, but only 13 state programs currently do so. Meanwhile, Medicare currently covers GLP-1 drugs for people with a ...

Shares of Novo Nordisk ( NVO 2.48%) are falling this week, down 33% as of 3:27 p.m. ET on Friday. The drop comes as the S&P ...