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MARCH 11, 2023

The emergence of highly effective obesity drugs has spurred renewed efforts to get Medicare to pay for weight loss medications, but a group of health policy experts is sounding caution. Even a small amount of uptake would create significant costs for Medicare, likely leading the federal insurer to raise premiums in the long run, the researchers said in a perspective piece Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

MARCH 11, 2023

Observer investigation finds Novo Nordisk gave millions to obesity charities and healthcare professionals, including expert who advised Nice ‘Orchestrated PR campaign’: how skinny jab drug firm sought to shape obesity debate The drug giant behind weight loss injections newly approved for NHS use spent millions in just three years on an “orchestrated PR campaign” to boost its UK influence.

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MARCH 11, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first treatment for Rett syndrome, a genetic disease mostly affecting girls that causes severe neurologic impairments, robbing them of the ability to communicate or control muscle movement. The new drug, called Daybue, is made by Acadia Pharmaceuticals. It’s not a cure, but in a clinical trial, the drug improved behavioral symptoms associated with Rett.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

MARCH 11, 2023

Websites appear to be defying a UK ban on advertising prescription drugs by urging customers to register their interest in the new weight-loss injection As controversy raged about the new weight loss drug approved for use on the NHS , retail chain Superdrug was last week urging customers to register interest in the injection. Though advertising prescription drugs is in theory banned, the online ad reflected public enthusiasm for what is widely called a wonder drug.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

MARCH 11, 2023

Is Pylera covered by insurance? | How much does Pylera cost without insurance? | How to get Pylera without insurance Pylera is a brand-name prescription drug that is FDA-approved to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infections in people with duodenal ulcers. H. pylori is a bacterium that infects the stomach lining. Over time, the infection can damage the stomach lining and the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum.

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The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

MARCH 11, 2023

Maker of Wegovy, an appetite suppressor hailed as a weight-loss magic bullet, has given millions to health organisations and experts, including payments to some of its biggest cheerleaders Revealed: experts who praised new ‘skinny jab’ received payments from drug maker During a prime-time breakfast slot on BBC Radio 4 last week, a leading obesity expert sang the praises of a blockbuster new weight-loss treatment.

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