Weight-loss drug boom has become one of the internet’s biggest scams

Weight-loss drug boom has become one of the internet’s biggest scams

A production line of Wegovy injection pens for the Asian market at the Novo Nordisk A/S pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Hillerod, Denmark, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images One interpretation of the law of supply and demand is that when demand outstrips supply, scammers get busy. That’s certainly the case … Read more

Amazon launches fixed pricing to treat hair loss, erectile dysfunction

Amazon launches fixed pricing to treat hair loss, erectile dysfunction

A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco on Oct. 24, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon on Thursday announced Prime members can access new fixed pricing for treatment of conditions like erectile dysfunction and men’s hair loss, its latest effort to compete with other direct-to-consumer marketplaces such as Hims & … Read more

Digital health companies are launching programs around GLP-1s

Digital health companies are launching programs around GLP-1s

Patent protection for Wegovy — Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight loss drug, which contains the second generation GLP-1 active ingredient and is at least twice as effective — is expected to expire by the decade’s end. Michael Siluk | UCG | Getty Images For Gray Beard, a kindergarten teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, losing weight had … Read more