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.

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.

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.

By 2021, nearly 2,000 volunteers had answered the call to test an experimental Alzheimer’s drug known as BAN2401. For the drugmaker Eisai, the trial was a shot at a windfall — potentially ...