The Business of New Weight Loss Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy

Описание: Weight loss has been an industry that is notoriously hard for drug companies to succeed in. Concerns regarding medication use for cosmetic purposes, stigma against people with heavier bodies, and a long history of postmarketing withdrawals of weight-loss medications because of serious side effects make patient education in this field an uphill battle.

Today we are going to talk about obesity, the history of drugs to treat it, and the impact of these new drugs - Ozempic, Wegovy and others on patient and physician behavior and how pharma companies are using business strategies to shape this behavior.

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Sources and Interesting Reading:
Medicare Part D Coverage of Antiobesity Medications — Challenges and Uncertainty Ahead Khrysta Baig, M.S.P.H., Stacie B. Dusetzina, Ph.D., David D. Kim, Ph.D., and Ashley A. Leech, Ph.D. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
Klurfeld, D M, J Foreyt, T J Angelopoulos, and J M Rippe. 2012. "Lack Of Evidence For High Fructose Corn Syrup As The Cause Of The Obesity Epidemic". International Journal Of Obesity 37 (6): 771-773. doi:10.1038/ijo.2012.157. https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo20...
Elaine Chen, Allison DeAngelis. 2023. "Beyond Wegovy And Ozempic: Biotechs Vie For Piece Of Red-Hot Weight Loss Market With Novel Strategies". STAT. https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/01/w....
Silverman, Ed. 2023. "Doctors' Group Complains That 60 Minutes Segment On Wegovy Was Really Just An Ad". STAT. https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20....
medicine, nature. 2012. "A History Of Drugs On The Weight List - Nature Medicine". Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/nm061....
Diep, Francie. 2014. "The Science And History Of A Pesticide-Turned-Diet Pill". Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/article/scienc....
Rodgers, R. John, Matthias H. Tschöp, and John P. H. Wilding. 2012. "Anti-Obesity Drugs: Past, Present And Future". Disease Models &Amp; Mechanisms 5 (5): 621-626. doi:10.1242/dmm.009621.
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