A structured assessment can determine eligibility for existing licensed treatments, referral to a specialist weight management service (in line with NICE CG189), or enrolment in a clinical trial
Leading up to the Metsera acquisition, Pfizer management was pretty open about its interest in doing a deal to re-enter this space with differentiated long-acting and oral GLP-1 candidates
While the FTC could not comment on its lawsuit or the specific practices of any given company, the commission is advancing new rules about telehealth companies using whats commonly called a negative option. As described in a recent FTC Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), a negative option is a common form of marketing in which the absence of affirmative consumer action constitutes consent to be charged for goods or services. In other words: drugs prescribed and shipped without patient consent, credit cards charged without direct authorization, inscrutable cancellation policies, and other automatic opt-ins that seem to typify telehealth frustrations
It should only be used with close supervision from a healthcare provider
Some compounding pharmacies have included it in formulations, which the FDA has flagged
