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Thanks to massive competition from other drugmakers and generic fakers, Novo Nordisk, the company behind Ozempic, is now on a hiring freeze.
RX and Medicine

The Maker of Ozempic Is in Such Deep Trouble That It’s Going on Hiring Lockdown

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ozempic manufacturer Novo Nordisk slashed its sales forecast and saw its value plunge by nearly $100 billion.
Developments

The Creator of Ozempic Is in Terrible Trouble

By Frank Landymore

With their lengthening laundry list of health benefits, drugs like Ozempic are showing promise for people who struggle with addiction.
RX and Medicine

Doctors Say Ozempic Is Wildly Effective at Helping Addicts Beat Cravings

By Noor Al-Sibai

As weight loss jabs like Ozempic become ever more popular, doctors are growing increasingly concerned about their gnarly side effects.
RX and Medicine

Doctors Are Warning That Ozempic’s Severe Side Effects May Outweigh Its Benefits

By Noor Al-Sibai

Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharma company behind Ozempic, made a very dumb decision a few years ago that will massively eat into its profits.
RX and Medicine

Something Comically Bad Just Happened to the Inventor of Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

Teens are being prescribed Ozempic more than ever before — and some doctors are worried about what the trend could mean.
RX and Medicine

Doctors Concerned By Massive Uptick In Teens Taking Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai

"MEDVi," a sketchy online market for GLP-1 drugs, is using AI to spin up terrible ads — and, insidiously, to deepfake pictures of "patients."
Artificial Intelligence

This Sleazy GLP-1 Prescription Site Is Using Deepfaked “Before-and-After” Photos of Fake Patients, and Running Ads Showing AI-Generated Ozempic Boxes

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Facing steep competition, Novo Nordisk has slashed the price for its weight loss drug Wegovy — temporarily, at least.
Developments

Novo Nordisk Offering Large Discount on Wegovy in Bid to Recapture Market

By Frank Landymore

A new GLP-1 drug, orforglipron, comes in pill form and appears to be roughly as effective as injected drugs like Ozempic.
Developments

Human Experiments on GLP-1 Pill Looking Extremely Promising

By Frank Landymore

Student scientists have developed an incredible new way to synthesize drugs on plants — and they're using Ozempic as their test case.
RX and Medicine

Students Concoct Ingenious Scheme To Grow Ozempic At Home

By Noor Al-Sibai

Novo Nordisk has launched its weight-loss drug Wegovy in China — but for a tiny fraction of what it's charging customers in the US.
Developments

Wait, Why Is Novo Selling Weight Loss Drugs for So Cheap in China?

By Victor Tangermann

Eli Lilly, the maker of the popular weight loss drug Zepbound, revealed a "shocking first miss" during its most recent quarterly sales.
Developments

Eli Lilly Has a Major Problem With Its Weight Loss Drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro

By Victor Tangermann

In a groundbreaking new study, Ozempic was found to be so effective at treating arthritis that people no longer needed treatment.
Studies

Semaglutide So Effective at Treating Arthritis That Patients Were “More or Less Were Treated Out of the Study”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy has once again proven to have health effects outside of weight loss.
RX and Medicine

Patients Taking Ozempic Are Up to 70 Percent Less Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s, Research Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

With weight loss injectables like Ozempic and Mounjaro taking the world by storm, the diet industry is seemingly being left in the dust.
RX and Medicine

The Diet Industry Is Reportedly in Total Meltdown Over GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ozempic-curious people are taking a novel approach to using the blockbuster weight loss drug — and some doctors are even doing it themselves. 
Health & Medicine

People Are Apparently Microdosing Ozempic

By Noor Al-Sibai