Tag: Diabetes
Novo Nordisk’s diabetes pill Rybelsus slashes cardiovascular risk
Novo Nordisk on Saturday said its diabetes pill Rybelsus showed cardiovascular benefits in a late-stage trial, paving the way for it to become a new t [...]
Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic wins FDA approval for chronic kidney disease
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Novo Nordisk's Ozempic to treat chronic kidney disease in patients who also have Type 2 diabetes, [...]
Eli Lilly weight loss drug cuts risk of developing diabetes in trial
Eli Lilly's highly popular weight loss drug reduced the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 94% in obese or overweight adults with prediabetes compa [...]
Roche alleges counterfeit diabetes medical devices were sold on Amazon
Roche, one of the world's largest biotech companies, said "dangerous counterfeits" of its diabetes medical devices ended up for sale on Amazon to be b [...]
Weight loss, diabetes drugs not linked to suicidal thoughts: EU probe
Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersEuropean Union drug regulators fou [...]
Novo Nordisk parent to buy Catalent to expand Wegovy supply
Boxes of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023.Victoria Klesty | ReutersDanish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's parent company [...]
Theresa May's type 1 diabetes go-to was Jelly Babies
The former prime minister tells BBC News sweets helped her out in some sticky situations in meetings.
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Pfizer to discontinue twice-daily version of weight loss pill
Pfizer on Friday said it would stop developing the twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill after obese patients taking the drug lost [...]
Eli Lilly diabetes drug Mounjaro supply improves in U.S.
A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy i [...]
Obesity, diabetes drug ad spending hit nearly $500 million: report
A view of a plastic model of a stomach during an interview with Doctor Thomas Horbach, specialist in surgery, visceral surgery and nutritional medicin [...]
Ozempic, Wegovy may curb drinking, smoking: What we know
An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen is seen on a kitchen table in Riga, Latvia on 06 August, 2023. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesHeather Le [...]
Ozempic could face Medicare drug price negotiations next
A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy i [...]
Obesity drug maker Versanis to be bought by Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly and Company, Pharmaceutical company headquarters in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain.Cristina Arias | Cover | Getty ImagesEli Lilly on Friday said [...]
Uninsured pay high costs for insulin Eli Lilly vowed to lower
An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021.Mike Segar | ReutersUninsured America [...]
EU expands Ozempic probe over suicide risks
In this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter in Los Angeles, April 17, 2023.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe [...]