Verdiva launches with $410M for weight loss drugs to challenge Ozempic, Wegovy

London-headquartered biotech startup Verdiva has emerged from stealth with a whopping $410mn for a new range of drugs aimed at tackling the obesity epidemic. It’s one of Europe’s largest-ever biot [...]

Eli Lilly is stepping up its fight against copycat weight-loss drugs

In its continuing war against copycat drugs, Eli Lilly (LLY) said on Wednesday that it filed suits against four telehealth companies that offer cheaper versions of its blockbuster GLP-1 weight loss dr [...]

Isomorphic Labs prepares for its first human trials with drugs designed by AlphaFold

Isomorphic Labs, a Deepmind spin-off focused on drug discovery, is getting ready for its first clinical trials with drugs designed using AlphaFold-based AI models.<br /> The article Isomorphic L [...]

Amazon will start dispensing prescription drugs through vending machines

Amazon’s quest to become a genuine all-in-one healthcare solution has already seen it commit to same-day prescription deliveries, but visitors to its One Medical offices can now pick up their medica [...]

Weight Watchers files for bankruptcy amid refocus on GLP-1 drugs

WeightWatchers (WW) announced Tuesday that it is filing for bankruptcy in an attempt to crawl out of more than $1 billion in debt. The news comes as the company is amid a refocus on prescribing weight [...]

Weight loss drugs are squeezing the food industry

The revolutionary GLP-1 class of weight loss drugs are racking up blockbuster sales at a pace rarely seen in the pharmaceutical industry. But the pharma industry’s gain is the food industry’s loss [...]

Maker of weight-loss drugs to ask Trump to pause price negotiations: Report

The next 15 drugs up for negotiation will be released soon and may include a GLP-1. [...]

Knockoff weight loss drugs were supposed to be 'gone and illegal'. Now they're bigger than ever

Compounding pharmacies that pharma giants thought they had defeated when the FDA banned copycat weight loss drugs are using a legal loophole to keep going [...]

WHO adds GLP-1 weight loss drugs to list of the world's essential medicines for the first time

The Inclusion of the weight loss medicine to the list should boost access to the drugs in poorer countries [...]