The current US presidential administrations push for a most-favored-nation pricing model, effectively benchmarking US drug prices to international levels, has brought Novo and Lillys GLP-1 drugs under tighter pricing scrutiny
Freezing reconstituted semaglutide can damage the peptide structure through ice crystal formation
These products have not been tested in large, randomized clinical trials, may vary in strength or purity, and may not even contain the same active ingredient as FDA-approved semaglutide, said Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, an obesity medicine specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston
Payers are closely monitoring utilization trends because GLP-1 prescriptions have surged globally
Yes, incorporating cranberry products may provide additional benefits in preventing UTIs
A newer GLP-1 receptor agonist, tirzepatide, demonstrates weight loss as high as 20% change in body weight compared with 3% in the placebo group in a RCT