Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：comprehensive 2025-09-28 04:42:33 - browse：2

A collage illustration with a patient in the center with a hand to the left administering treatment and a doctor in the background. -- health tech coverage from STAT — Katy Lemay for STAT

The makers of minimally invasive surgical devices seemed poised to capture a wide swath of the obesity treatment market. Patients needed an option that lay between the two treatment extremes: cutting open the abdomen to perform permanent bariatric surgery, or changing your diet or exercise routine.

Then, a new class of weight loss medications that successfully mimic the feeling of fullness hit the market, and the landscape changed.

“It turns out that what came along — before those endoscopic devices have really matured — is these new drugs,” said Lee Kaplan, director of Massachusetts General’s obesity institute. Since the Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in 2021, it and similar drugs that followed have swiftly captured the public’s interest — and are on their way to generating billions of dollars in sales.

Unlock this article by subscribing to STAT+ and enjoy your first 30 days free!

GET STARTED Log In

Previous article： Drug repurposing or repositioning? The language matters
Next article： How to make Best Hospitals ratings actually useful for patients

Wikipedia

WSS

In science, is the line between industry and academia shifting?

Ozempic has benefits for kidney disease as well as diabetes

What do new weight loss drugs mean for bariatric surgery?

CDC advisory panel says seniors 'may' get RSV vaccine

Complete sequence of Y chromosome published for first time

The untold story of TV’s first prescription drug ad

leisure time

Wikipedia

entertainment

Cancer drug shortages should be causing more outrage

Immune cells and nerve overgrowth may explain recurring UTI pain

BioMarin wins approval for gene therapy to treat hemophilia A

Apellis safety probe of eye disease drug centers on injection needle

United colonoscopy coverage change 'may cost lives,' doctors say

Australia’s approach to dialysis celebrates life

Medical leaders decry Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

How to make Best Hospitals ratings actually useful for patients

Guidelines to prevent youth baseball injuries need more muscle

NYU Langone launches private ChatGPT for its health care data

entertainment

Study finds new variant for Parkinson’s in African populations

Fetal cell organoids grown from amniotic fluid, study finds

State of the Union pitch: Bigger Medicare drug price negotiations

NYU Langone launches private ChatGPT for its health care data

State of the Union pitch: Bigger Medicare drug price negotiations

Ancient Greek ideas underpin modern concepts of pregnancy

leisure time

hotspot

Wikipedia

leisure time