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Degree of Weight Loss Affects Tirzepatide-Linked Cardiometabolic Risk Improvement

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For adults with obesity or overweight, tirzepatide-linked improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors are associated with the degree of weight reduction, according to a study published online June 24 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Bruno Linetzky, M.D., Bruno Linetzky, M.D.,

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Revised Final Guidance on Nitrosamines Offers New Recommendations for Assessment and Control

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Nitrosamines are impurities that can form during drug manufacturing and are considered potentially potent carcinogens. For example, depending on the manufacturing process for a specific human drug, the use of some specific solvents, reagents, and catalysts may trigger the formation of these possible carcinogens.

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A Short-Term Gain for a Long-Term Loss? The Build Back Better Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Ignores Hatch-Waxman/BPCIA Realities. and that May Mean Big Bad Business for Generic Drug/Biosimilar Manufacturers

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1) publish a list of selected drugs in accordance with section 1192; (2) enter into agreements with manufacturers of selected drugs with respect to such period, in accordance with section 1193; (3) negotiate and, if applicable, renegotiate maximum fair prices for such selected drugs, in accordance with section 1194; and. (4)

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American Diabetes Association, June 20-23

Physician's Weekly

” The study was funded by MannKind, the manufacturer of Afrezza. “It is critical to generate additional evidence on the potential cost-effectiveness of such universal access, including specifically for key populations at the greatest risk for obesity- and diabetes-related complications. Abstract No. Abstract No.