(NewsNation) A Washington state nurse has filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming the state agency responsible for providing health insurance to public employees discriminates against those who struggle with obesity by neglecting to include weight-loss medications in its coverage. Insurance companies do not routinely cover these medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro when prescribed for obesity. …
BIn the 1990s, scientist Lotte Bjerre Knudsen was tasked with revitalizing a struggling program at Novo Nordisk that was attempting to harness the newly discovered hormone GLP-1 into viable drug candidates for diabetes. At the time, many Knudsens executives had already lost hope in this program. After all, Novos focused on insulin, and the natural …
Weight loss medications have grown in popularity in recent years. People even use a drug like Ozempic, although it is only approved for diabetes, simply because it helps them lose weight. In the last three months of 2022 alone, more than 9 million prescriptions for weight loss drugs were dispensed in the United States. In …
[1/2]A 0.25 mg injection pen of Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Wegovy is shown in this illustration in Oslo, Norway September 1, 2023. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/Illustration/File photo acquire license rights Oct 12 (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) warned on Thursday of a surge in counterfeit versions of its weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic …
Top line More employers could cover popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy in 2024, allowing workers to avoid high costs, according to a new survey, even as high drug costs have pushed more other workplaces to stop coverage altogether or increase monthly costs. -paid. Photo of Wegovy Prescription Injectable Pens for …
Walmart’s US CEO recently spoke about the impact of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic on sales. An analyst note from Morgan Stanley aims to clarify Walmart’s comments. Walmart told analysts that the small group of known customers who take these drugs spend more overall. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for recording! Access your favorite topics in …
Prescriptions for Ozempic have exploded in recent years in Australia and around the world, in a trend linked to its growing reputation as a fat-burning drug and off-label prescribing of the drug designed as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. Loading A weight-loss version of the drug, called Wegovy, is not yet available in Australia. …
Continuing shortages of a popular diabetes drug used off-label for weight loss means some diabetic Calgarians are having to go without it, while others are seeking extra supplies. The 1 mg pen dose of Ozempic, a prescription drug approved in Canada to treat adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, has been in short supply …