MichaelAaron Flicker examines the growing impact of GLP-1 medications on consumer behavior, noting that roughly one in five American households has someone using a GLP-1 drug. He explains how that trend is reshaping spending habits and discusses the implications for restaurants as well as food and beverage stocks.
Viking Therapeutics just launched its next-gen weight loss program. Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are already deep into the development process with comparable programs.
Following a careful analysis of the Zacks Oil and Gas - Refining & Marketing MLP industry, we advise keeping an eye on three stocks: SPH, NGL and GLP.
Fractyl Health NASDAQ: GUTS reported one-year data from the randomized midpoint cohort of its REMAIN-1 study, saying its Revita procedure helped patients maintain a larger share of GLP-1-induced weight loss after discontinuing GLP-1 therapy compared with a sham procedure.
Poolbeg Pharma PLC (AIM:POLB), the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical, has raised £3.5 million before expenses through a share placing. Cathal Friel, executive chair, subscribed for £250,000 of the placing.
Vivani Medical believes a tiny implant placed under the skin could help address the biggest issue with blockbuster GLP-1s: keeping patients on treatment to maintain their weight loss. The biotech company is in the early stages of developing an experimental implant of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's obesity injection Wegovy and diabetes counterpart Ozempic.
Plus, how fitness trackers stack up against each other and the popularity of panic pouches.
The GLP-1 trade has matured from a single-stock story into a tiered opportunity set.
The pharmaceutical industry is entering a new era where biology and artificial intelligence are converging.
Shares in Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) fell 2.5% to DKK319.20 after Deutsche Bank pointed to a continued slowdown in the oral version of the company's Wegovy weight-loss drug in the US. The bank published its weekly tracker of prescription data for Novo's GLP-1 franchise, the class of appetite-suppressing treatments that has driven the company's growth.
Kailera Therapeutics said on Tuesday its GLP-1 drug for patients with diabetes and obesity met the main goal of two-late stage trials.
Nestle is looking to spice up some of its products to counter duller taste buds that can accompany GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.