Ozempic prices are soaring online in China thanks to unofficial price gouging, with medics scrambling to keep up with demand, reports say

businessinsider.com Visitors pose for a selfie at the Temple of Heaven on the last day of the May Day holiday period in Beijing, Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo The Ozempic…

Weight loss drugs: UK launches €46.5 million scheme to tackle rising levels of obesity

euronews.com The UK is pouring millions into a programme to tackle obesity with weight loss drugs such as Wegovy. The UK has launched a £40 million (€46.5 million) pilot programme to…

Ozempic: Will Medicare cover this TikTok-trending weight loss and diabetes drug?

marketwatch.com This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. Ozempic, a medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes, has gone viral as a weight loss drug. The #ozempic hashtag has…

Ozempic is taking China by storm. Drugmakers are scrambling to boost supplies

edition.cnn.com Ozempic, originally a medication for treating diabetes, is in high demand worldwide with celebrities and social media users touting it as a miracle drug for weight loss. Now…

European shares flat on rate-hike jitters; Novo Nordisk jumps

finance.yahoo.com German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt (Reuters) - European shares were range-bound on Tuesday as worries of further interest rate…

Ozempic and GLP-1 Drugs Shift Weight Loss Scale Toward Medicine

pymnts.com When is a breakthrough diabetes and weight loss treatment problematic? Never — except perhaps when it drastically changes the multibillion-dollar weight loss industry,…

Why You Should Go Overweight On Novo Nordisk Stock

barchart.com Novo Nordisk is already the global kingpin in diabetes treatments, with about 30% of the $50+ billion global diabetes market and around half of the $20 billion insulin…

3 Pharmaceutical Stocks to Watch

entrepreneur.com The pharmaceutical industry is anticipated to grow due to rising chronic diseases and an aging population. Given the industry's strong long-term prospects, quality stocks…

Novo Nordisk in talks buy controlling stake in Biocorp

finance.yahoo.com FILE PHOTO: The logo of Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is pictured on the facade of a production plant in Chartres (Reuters) - Danish drug…

FDA Warns Consumers Not To Use Certain Versions Of Popular Drug

zerohedge.com FDA Warns Consumers Not To Use Certain Versions Of Popular Drug Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

What Barbie tells you about near-shoring

economist.com C will but Schumpeter is looking forward to the first live-action “Barbie” film, due out in July. It is directed by Greta Gerwig, maker of “Lady Bird” and “Little Women”,…

A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI

economist.com C approaches in the music industry to artificial intelligence ( ). One is that of Giles Martin, son of Sir George Martin, producer of the Beatles. Last year, in order to…

People probably have to be on Ozempic forever. But no one is ready for the bill

businessinsider.com Getty; Marianne Ayala/Insider New GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro can help people lose a massive amount of weight. But once people stop taking the injections, they…

Is Pfizer Stock A Buy As It Leaps Into The Red-Hot Weight-Loss Race?

investors.com stock bounded higher in mid-May on enthusiasm for its potential rival to Novo Nordisk (NVO) and Eli Lilly (LLY) in diabetes treatment and weight loss. Pfizer tested its…

FDA discourages taking off-brand versions of weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy

fortune.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use off-brand versions of the popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy because they might not contain…

FDA warns consumers not to use off-brand versions of Ozempic, Wegovy

go.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use off-brand versions of the popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy because they might not contain…

Weight-loss meds like Ozempic may help curb addictive behaviors, but drugmakers aren’t running trials to find out

cnn.com Cheri Ferguson has traded her vape pen for an Ozempic pen. One day seven weeks ago, “I thought, ‘you’re doing something about your weight; leave your vape at home,’ ”…

Ozempic Craze Has Spawned a Sketchy Black Market, FDA Warns

gizmodo.com The Food and Drug Administration is warning people to stay away from suspect sources of semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic.…

Pfizer's Approach To Hemophilia Is 'Certainty Differentiated'

investors.com said Tuesday its experimental hemophilia treatment cut down on bleeding episodes in a pivotal study. But Pfizer stock dipped. X The drug is a under-the-skin injection…

Eli Lilly Could Launch Its Rival To Novo Nordisk's Weight-Loss Drug A Year Earlier Than Expected

investors.com An analyst expects Eli Lilly (LLY) to launch a competitor to weight-loss drugs from Novo Nordisk (NVO) in 2026 — a year earlier than expected — giving Eli Lilly stock…