When a new drug is up for FDA approval, trials may be held not only in the U.S. but other countries too. A study looks at global availability after approval. Big Pharma disagrees with the findings.

Insurance companies sometimes try to cut costs by substituting less expensive drugs for a specific drug prescription. That’s raising problems in many cases, and actually causing harm.

It’s also true that clinical trials for the drugs showed differences in weight loss. Novo Nordisk reported that participants taking Wegovy lost 14.9 percent of their body weight after 68 weeks ...

"But, you know, I was willing to try anything." "You actually forget to eat" Ozempic and a similar drug, Wegovy, are weekly shots you give yourself that cause the body to produce insulin.

Researchers for Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts found that the median price of a new drug was around $180,000 in 2021, up from $2,100 in 2008.. Those high prices are a factor in a ...

"But, you know, I was willing to try anything." “You actually forget to eat” Ozempic and a similar drug, Wegovy, are weekly shots you give yourself that cause the body to produce insulin.