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Medicare and other insurance should cover obesity drugs
A large majority of older Americans feel that health insurance - including Medicare - should cover anti-obesity medications, according to...


Journal Watch 26/3/2025
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...


Palatin's oral MC4R Agonist PL7737 receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for obesity due to leptin receptor deficiency
Palatin Technologies has announced the FDA has granted "orphan drug" designation to PL7737, an oral treatment that activates the...


AI-powered smartphone app constructs 3D model to accurately predict body fat
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body...


United Biotechnology and Novo Nordisk agree license for UBT251, a GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple receptor agonist
The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited’s (TUL) wholly-owned subsidiary The United Bio-Technology (Hengqin) Co., Ltd....


Improving GLP-1 drug delivery by fusing the peptide directly to immunoglobulin antibodies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have revealed a drug delivery system that "paints" glucagon-like peptide-1...


OAC and TOS urge FDA to enforce GLP-1s compounding regulations
The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) and The Obesity Society (TOS) have sent a letter to the FDA, along with more than 20 leading...


Combination of the Allurion Program with low-dose GLP-1 therapy to optimise muscle mass and GLP-1 adherence
Allurion Technologies has announced initial results on the combination of the Allurion Program with low-dose GLP-1 therapy to optimise...


Why women experience stronger side effects from GLP-1s
There are fundamental sex-based differences in how weight loss medications interact with human biology, according to a study by Olio...


SOS: Partial weight recurrence after substantial weight loss increases vascular disease
Partial weight recurrence after substantial weight loss was associated with a less favourable cardiovascular risk profile and an...
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