Ozempic and other similar drugs must be injected. Messer describes the needle as “small, the size of two human hairs.” Oftentimes, her office will teach the patient how to inject it the first time, ...

I’m trying to lose the 18 pounds I have gained since the pandemic. It has been hard enough that I’m wondering about Ozempic. How does that work? I’m ...

Roche and Zealand Pharma inked a $5.3 billion deal Wednesday to collaborate on a weight-loss drug in the amylin class.

Roche is doubling down on competing for a slice of the rapidly growing GLP-1 pie. The Swiss pharma giant announced a deal worth up to $5.3 billion on Wednesday with Danish drugmaker Zealand Pharma to ...

Zepbound contains the same active ingredient, tirzepatide, as Mounjaro, which is also made by Lilly and is FDA-approved to treat Type 2 diabetes. Some doctors also prescribe Mounjaro "off-label" for ...

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it had struck a deal worth up to $5.3 billion to develop Zealand ...

A Columbia University dermatologist argues that physicians in her specialty should be on the lookout for metabolic syndrome ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists appear to reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration and primary open-angle glaucoma.

It works by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, which stimulates the body’s production of insulin.

Scientists have discovered a naturally-occurring molecule that rivals the weight-loss effects of semaglutide-based GLP-1s like Ozempic in animals.