Roche has agreed to buy U.S. biotech firm 89bio for up to $3.5 billion, joining a race to offer new liver disease treatments that complement an intense push in the area of weight-loss drugs. The deal would help Roche grow in a field related to the booming weight-loss market, where the company has recently made … Read more
As Novo Nordisk‘s sales of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy boomed, the Danish drugmaker raced to expand manufacturing capacity and sales outreach with a hiring spree that almost doubled staff numbers over five years. Now sales are slowing and layoffs loom. Annual reports show that Novo’s workforce grew from around 43,260 employees in 2019 to … Read more
Gurgaon: Medanta Hospital on Tuesday filed a complaint alleging that a “deepfake” video that features its chairperson and managing director Dr Naresh Trehan endorsing a weight loss drug is circulating on social media. DCP (cybercrime) Siddhant Jain said an FIR was registered at the Cyber East police station against unidentified accused under sections 419 (impersonation … Read more
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The weight-loss drug Saxenda can keep extra pounds off — but combining it with exercise brings a bigger payoff, a new clinical trial finds. The study found that some longstanding advice is valid: Prescription weight-loss drugs work best when used along with — … Read more