Una misión para curar a los ‘monstruos’ que nos dieron el Ozempic
Se mire por donde se mire, el medicamento para la diabetes Ozempic ha sido un éxito de ventas, acumulando miles de millones de dólares anuales. Solo en Estados Unidos, las…
On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters
By any measure, the diabetes drug Ozempic has been a blockbuster, racking up billions of dollars in annual sales. In the United States alone, pharmacies fill millions of prescriptions for…
Armed Bandits in Brazil Pursue New Loot: Ozempic
Around 10:30 p.m. on a Friday in late January, David Fernando, a pharmacist, was working behind a counter at a drugstore in São Paulo when a man walked up to…
Ozempic Can Curb Drinking, New Research Shows
Some people who take drugs like Ozempic have noticed a surprising but welcome side effect: They drink less. A paper published Wednesday offers the strongest evidence yet that this is…
Opinion | The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Elon Musk’s Wood Chipper
In a month of one bombshell after another (and many all at the same time), it can be hard to track the damage that the Trump administration is inflicting. But…
The Physicians Really Are Healing Themselves, With Ozempic
When Dr. C. Michael Gibson, a cardiologist at Harvard Medical School, goes to heart disease meetings, he can’t help noticing a change. “We will sit around at dinner and halfway…
Hims and Hers Super Bowl Ad Sparks Controversy Over Weight Loss Drugs
The first thing the ad shows is a scale. Over the soundtrack of Childish Gambino’s anthem “This is America,” a narrator laments the nation’s obesity crisis and “the system” that…
Relative of Ozempic Failed to Treat Parkinson’s Disease in Trial
The idea was so tantalizing. Drugs in the GLP-1 class, which includes Wegovy and Ozempic, have proved miraculous in treating weight loss and other diseases. And some researchers hoped that…
Could Ozempic Protect Against Alzheimer’s?
Over a decade ago, a smattering of studies suggested that early cousins of drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could prevent, or even reverse, signs of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. Now,…
F.D.A. Approves Ozempic to Treat Kidney Disease
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of serious complications in people who have both Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Type 2…