Recently, AbbVie spent $10.1 billion on ImmunoGen to acquire its ovarian cancer drug, Elahere, and spent about $8.7 billion to acquire Cerevel Therapeutics, a neuroscience drug developer
Elliott Lewis, a board-certified psychiatrist and obesity medicine specialist, frames it this way: If we truly understand that metabolic and psychiatric systems are inseparable, then psychiatrists being involved in metabolic treatment makes complete sense. You already monitor glucose levels, lipids, and metabolic panels for patients on psychiatric meds prescribing a GLP-1 to address weight gain isnt outside your scope if you have the competency
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Wegovy and Ozempic carry the same side effect profile, but the side effects of Wegovy may be more severe because Wegovy contains a higher dose of semaglutide
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