Feds add Wegovy, Ozempic to list of drugs planned for Medicare price negotiations
Wegovy, Ozempic added to list of drugs where the federal government will try winning discounts from manufacturers.
Medicare will negotiate Novo’s GLP-1 drug price. Here’s what that means for Ozempic, Wegovy.
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.
Ozempic among drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations as Biden exits
Ozempic was one of the 15 drugs selected for the 2027 Medicare drug price negotiation program three days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Maker of weight-loss drugs to ask Trump to pause price negotiations: Report
Eli Lilly and other drugmakers are reportedly planning to urge the Trump administration to pause Medicare drug-price negotiations that were put in place by the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). "They need to fix [the IRA]," Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks told Bloomberg at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.
Medicare targets popular weight loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy for price negotiations
The Biden administration said Medicare will negotiate discounts with drug companies on 15 drugs prescribed to treat cancer, diabetes and asthma.
White House says popular weight-loss drug Ozempic subject to Medicare talks
The White House on Friday said Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic were among the 15 medications picked for a round of price negotiations with Medicare. The companies do not have to negotiate,
Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs
The government is expected to pay lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. The Trump administration will decide whether to expand coverage for millions of Americans.
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Online marketing for compounded GLP-1 drugs overstates benefits and underplays risks
A new analysis finds nearly half of the compounded GLP-1 websites didn’t include information on adverse effects, warnings, ...
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Biden names GLP-1 drugs Ozempic, Wegovy for price negotiation program
The Biden administration unveiled its list of 15 drugs, which include GLP-1 drugs, for the second annual round of drug price ...
GLP-1 weight loss medications pose challenges for c-stores. Here’s how retailers can respond.
Users of Ozempic and other drugs are shunning items like energy drinks and salty snacks, research shows. But there are ...
Websites selling compounded weight-loss drugs fail to inform patients of risks, research shows
Websites selling compounded versions of popular weight-loss drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to U.S. consumers often do ...
The Terrible—and Amazing—Side Effects of Weight Loss Drugs
GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss involve all kinds of side effects—good and not-so-good—that may or may not strike the ...
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During JPM week, virtual care companies strut their plans to make GLP-1 drugs work harder, cost less
Digital health companies' plans focused on managing the impact of GLP-1 drugs, which have placed enormous pressure on health ...
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New Weight Loss Drugs May Fight Obesity-Related Cancer, Too
Cancer researchers found that patients on GLP-1s had significant risk reductions for 10 of 13 obesity-associated cancers.
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