Give a patient a GLP-1 prescription and send them home, and there is a decent chance the drug outlives their commitment to it. Six-month retention runs at around 45 per cent, by the estimate of a company sitting on data from more than 600,000 GLP-1 patients.
Wrap the same drug in a coaching service and…
When Elon Musk revealed the secrets behind his dramatic 13.6kg weight-loss on X in November 2022, it was the first time many people had heard the words ‘Ozempic’ and ‘Wegovy’ - the “miraculous” weight-loss drugs feted by doctors and celebrities. Headlines were made. Internet searches spiked.
But how many of us recall that Musk also…
In the war against two of the world's most pressing health challenges - obesity and type-2 diabetes - a major new offensive has been opened by the discovery of a new generation of weight-loss drugs.
Of these new pharmaceutical interventions Ozempic, the brand name of manufacturer Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide formulation, has attracted the most interest…



