1. Trends & External Forces

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  A GLP-1 Update

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The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that a number of companies are working on what essentially would be pill versions of Ozempic, potentially making the weight loss medications more available to more people (at least if the insurance companies get their collective heads out of their collective rear ends on the reimbursement issue).  That’s my subject today, with an accompanying update on my own continuing GLP-1 experience.

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