Weight loss drug sales are estimated to hit $44 billion by 2030. Many of these treatments can thank previously obscure research on a carnivorous deep sea fish for their development. Rolfe Winkler is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal covering digital health. Ricky Mulvey caught up with Winkler to discuss: - The origins and science behind weight loss dr ... Show More
Nov 24
Reckless Earnings Predictions: ZM, BBY, DE
We enter Thanksgiving week with a plate full of reckless predictions featuring Zoom (reports today), Best Buy (reports tomorrow morning), and Deere & Co. (reports tomorrow morning).
Rick Munarriz, David Meier, and Tim Beyers:
- Forecast a “miss, beat, or beat and raise” for Z ... Show More
24 m
Jun 2024
The weight-loss drug revolution
Diabetes and obesity drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become famous for helping users shed big amounts of weight. It's a market that could soon be worth more than $100 billion. Two companies dominate this space, Novo Nordisk which makes Ozempic and Eli Lilly, maker of ... Show More
17m 28s
Feb 2024
The Big Business Behind Weight Loss Drugs
It’s become a multibillion-dollar business: weight loss drugs. Demand is high, as is the cost. How did medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound become so popular and so profitable? And what kind of impact might they have on the future of food and healthcare? Dr. Sa ... Show More
33m 54s
Mar 2017
113. Susan Peirce Thompson went from being addicted to drugs and alcohol to turning her life around, and building a multi-million dollar weight loss business.
Susan Peirce Thompson is an entrepreneur, brain and cognitive scientist, and food psychologist. She's a Ph.D, and author of the new book Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin, & Free. She built her business to over $6MM in revenue (with a 300k+ list) in under a ye ... Show More
30m 9s
Mar 2024
The Scientific Journey Behind Ozempic (with Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Novo Nordisk's Chief Scientific Advisor)
On our Novo Nordisk episode, we covered the business of Ozempic, the GLP-1 taking the world by storm. On this episode, we dive into the science of the molecule semaglutide (and its predecessor liraglutide) with the world expert on the topic, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen. Lotte is Novo No ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2023
#705: Dr. Willoughby Britton — The Hidden Risks of Meditation, Overlaps with Psychedelic Risks, Harm Reduction Strategies, How to Choose a Retreat, Near-Death Experiences, and More
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