People who stayed on a 7.2 milligram weekly dose of semaglutide lost around 20% of their body weight over 72 weeks.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says “this is a big deal.” Drug companies oppose the program.
Novo sells semaglutide as Ozempic and Rybelsus for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity. In price talks, CMS will treat the different forms as a single product.
Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare's list of medications that will be ...
Wegovy, Ozempic added to list of drugs where the federal government will try winning discounts from manufacturers.
Surgery is the gold standard, GLP-1s are all the rage—whether a head-to-head study is needed depends on who you ask.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced 15 new drugs it wants to lower the cost for, including popular, but ...
Ozempic was one of the 15 drugs selected for the 2027 Medicare drug price negotiation program three days before ...
Ozempic and Wegovy, Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drugs that treat diabetes and obesity, are on the list. Astellas Pharma’s prostate cancer drug, Xtandi, is also on the list — alongside AstraZeneca’s cancer ...
On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in ...
The Biden administration says popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare's list of ...
GLP-1 drugs do a lot more than just help you lose weight. They can help your heart, brain, and more, but beware what they ...