Digital weight loss company Noom has announced several new hires within its leadership team, including its new executive vice president and chief financial officer Jean Clifton, chief technology officer Rich Friedman and general counsel…
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Direct-to-consumer telemedicine platform Hims & Hers launched a new weight loss program Monday that offers weight loss medications, educational content and digital tracking tools.
San Francisco-based Hims & Hers is a health and wellness platform…
“I don’t think we talk enough about the tension between innovation and who pays for the innovation — and who can access it.”
Dr. Vin Gupta, a pulmonologist and chief medical officer at Amazon Pharmacy…
The previous articles in this series showed how payers, providers, and digital health companies try to prove that they’re helping to create healthier patients. Sara Shanti, a partner specializing in health care at law…
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What You Should Know: – Prescriptions for the popular weight loss drug Wegovy showed a six-fold increase between December 2022 and June 2023, according to a recent analysis of prescribing trends by DrFirst. –…
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What You Should Know:
– Found, a medically-assisted weight loss program launches Found Assistant, a generative AI guide within the Found app that offers members the ability to ask questions and discover instant and relevant information…
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George Kramb, CEO and co-founder of PatientPartner
You’ve probably heard about Ozempic, especially if you’re one of the millions who regularly scroll through TikTok or browse other social media platforms. It’s the drug that influencers…
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Noom, a digital solution that supports weight loss, is now expanding its services for employers to include Noom Med, a clinical obesity management solution. The company made this announcement Monday at HLTH 2023 in…
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GLP-1s — which lower blood sugar to help people lose weight — are taking the healthcare industry by storm and have several implications for digital health companies. This includes headwinds for established nutrition programs…
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What You Should Know:
– Lark Health, a conversational-AI health coaching platform for managing chronic conditions expands its weight management program to include the clinical management of GLP-1s – and taking a different approach.
– These…
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