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But a rating agency expects the new weight loss drugs to reduce spending on bariatric surgery.

Viking Therapeutics' dual-action contender could add to pharmacy benefits cost pressure.

Rep. Nick Langworthy asked about duty of care at a committee hearing featuring three top PBM executives.

The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act provides coverage for patients who had an insurance plan that covered the new weight loss drugs, like Wegovy and Ozempic, before they entered Medicare.

While shortages of the popular weight loss drugs persist, Hims & Hers, a San Francisco-based telehealth company, will offer access to a compounded form of the GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, starting at $199 a month.

Of those that currently offer coverage only for diabetes, 19% are considering offering the drugs for weight loss as well.

Drugs with higher manufacturing complexity, such as sterile injectables, are more vulnerable to shortages.

Senator Bernie Sanders is upping the pressure on Novo Nordisk to lower the cost of Wegovy in the U.S., although the Danish drugmaker asserts it charges lower prices in Europe because governments there can negotiate prices.