New DTC business drug sale models mix lower insurance, discounts

New DTC business drug sale models mix lower insurance, discounts

As pharma companies and President Trump tout initiatives to sell branded medications directly to cash-paying consumers, some entrepreneurs have seized on a potential business opportunity — pitching a new model for employers to help their workers pay for medications without using insurance.  Take the blockbuster obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, for example. Many employers don’t…

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Blood biomarkers forecast long-term blood pressure improvement after adolescent bariatric surgery

Blood biomarkers forecast long-term blood pressure improvement after adolescent bariatric surgery

A groundbreaking study published in Hypertension, the journal of the American Heart Association, has identified a set of blood-based biomarkers that can predict improvements in blood pressure five years after adolescents underwent metabolic bariatric surgery. This is the first study to demonstrate that measures of a patient’s unique biological profile taken before weight loss surgery…

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