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Weight loss drugs may also use reduce alcohol cravings, finds new US study

The findings, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, were the result of a small clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

GLP-1 drugs cut sick days by half. Researchers now think it could save healthcare systems billions

A UK study has found that people taking Ozempic and Wegovy took fewer sick days and needed fewer hospital visits

Semaglutide may cause blindness—US study warning adds to growing debate on rare side effect

WHO issued a global safety alert last June while India's drug regulator is yet to issue a comparable advisory. US FDA has also not added a black box warning yet.

What’s steering BRICS in a new direction, and Jemimah’s historic ton marks new dawn for women’s cricket

Global media also writes on failure of cloud-seeding in Delhi and the increasing demand for weight-loss drugs. FT interviews Sumant Sinha, founder of ReNew Energy. 

Blockbuster semaglutide set to go off patent, Indian pharma sees a multi-billion-dollar opportunity

Pharma firms are pouncing on opportunity as patents on world’s second-bestselling drug, which goes by brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, are expiring in nearly 100 nations.

In battle for Indian anti-obesity market, Eli Lilly’s pre-filled pen on one side, Novo Nordisk’s on other

India's anti-obesity drug market is currently valued at Rs 3,000-3,500 crore & is projected to grow nearly eightfold by 2030, according to market estimates.

Fat-busting blockbuster drug Wegovy launched in India, in pre-filled pens that can be self-administered

Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk’s announcement comes months after launch of another top selling obesity drug Mounjaro in India by US based pharma giant Eli Lilly & Company.

Mounjaro vs Wegovy: Guess which obesity drug outperformed the other by a mile in head-to-head trial

Both medications were prescribed as weekly injections for patients clinically classified as obese, and were recommended alongside a controlled diet and regular physical activity.

Big buzz over Mounjaro launch but here’s why India’s anti-obesity drug market may only take off next yr

India’s obesity crisis fuels a $2.6 bn drug race as pharma firms rush to launch affordable semaglutide generics, aiming to transform access to weight-loss treatment.

Behind the ‘Ozempic shaming’, a simple truth: Obesity goes beyond lifestyle changes, genes may play role

For every celebrity who has admitted to using these drugs, be it Elon Musk or Oprah Winfrey, there is an equal number of naysayers.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.