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STAT Plus: Novo Nordisk sees lower sales, profits as Wegovy faces growing competition

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STAT Plus: Pfizer moves forward with its hopes for a monthly obesity drug

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STAT Plus: Roche moves obesity drug to pivotal trials after mid-stage success

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Bariatric surgery beats GLP-1s for type 2 diabetes across income levels, study says

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STAT Plus: Behind new dietary guidelines: Industry-funded studies, opaque science, crushing deadline pressure

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MAHA says its new food pyramid is affordable and healthy. We asked experts

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STAT Plus: Pharmacy compounder files antitrust lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk

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Live from JPM 2026, a sit-down with Novo Nordisk’s CEO and VC Bob Nelsen

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State of the union’s cardiovascular health: gains, but not for everyone

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JPM to bring more deals and happy CEOs

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How saturated fats lost, and won, on new food pyramid

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Do Americans expect too much from drugs?

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STAT Plus: Stopping obesity drugs means people regain weight and lose heart health benefits 

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Dietary guidelines declare war on processed foods and sugar, encourage more protein and dairy

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What’s the right way to define ultra-processed foods?

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STAT Plus: Arrowhead’s gene-silencing drugs cut fat in early obesity studies

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STAT Plus: The top medical advances of 2025

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STAT Plus: With the Wegovy pill, Novo Nordisk undercuts Eli Lilly in direct-to-consumer market

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In 2026, Kennedy’s MAHA vision gets put to the test. Here are 3 issues to watch

Pharma Elaine Chen

FDA approves pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, possibly widening access

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STAT Plus: What Ozempic might tell us about the future of Alzheimer’s

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Biotech’s year in review

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STAT Plus: Eli Lilly’s obesity pill helped patients maintain weight loss after switch from injections

Health Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Employers drop coverage for weight loss drugs as pharma’s direct-to-consumer programs grow

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Meta is urged by state attorneys general to boost enforcement of weight loss drug advertising

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Free pass or failing grade for saturated fats? Review sets off scientific and political debate