The Cross Heads

Weight loss drugs may also treat addiction, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease

Adam Steensberg, the chief executive of Danish biotech Zealand Pharma, which is developing an alternative weight loss product based on a different hormone, says “there is a duopoly already” in the GLP-1 market. Combining different drugs could be a way of expanding the effects of GLP-1s further still. Doctors such as Perkovic envisage a possible […]

December 12, 2024 | Features, GLP-1, Health, Ozempic, Science, syndication, wegovy, weight loss, weight loss drugs | No comments

Biased AI in health care faces crackdown in sweeping Biden admin proposals

Prior authorization Elsewhere in the over 700-page proposal, the administration lays out policy that would bar Medicare Advantage plan providers from reopening and reneging on paying claims for inpatient hospital admission if those claims had already been granted approval through prior authorization. The proposal also wants to make criteria for coverage clearer and help ensure […]

November 27, 2024 | GLP-1, Health, healthcare, Policy, weight loss | No comments

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