About half of Australia's roughly 500,000 GLP-1 users pay privately, A$200 to $700 a month, and the authors argue cost hits those with the most obesity hardest.
Recap by typeshit. Full story at The Conversation.
Ireland's drug pricing body recommended semaglutide over tirzepatide for cost reasons, and Higgins says it's the right call, with a pun he didn't get to use.
Researchers tracked 8,914 insured patients in JAMA Health Forum. Above $75 out of pocket, nonadherence topped 80%, says author Eunhae Shin.
Costco is adding Novo Nordisk's semaglutide shots to what it offers. Details are thin here, so tap through for how pricing and access will work.
Researchers from Taif and Umm Al-Qura universities say limiting coverage to patients with a related condition would cut the public bill to SAR 10.96 billion.
The Harvard T.H. Chan professor, who studies supplements and health, looks at the claims made for synthetic peptides and whether they hold up.
Dr Bajekal flags that people on Mounjaro, semaglutide or Wegovy should talk it through with their doctor ahead of an operation.
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