Obesity Advocates Meet With FDA Commissioner, Push On Difference vs. Short-Term Weight-Loss

Groups discuss need for chronic care of the condition as well as the importance of having all drugs for all conditions adequately labeled for patients at higher body weights.

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Advocates are lobbying the FDA to recognize the difference between obesity and short-term weight loss drugs, as many semaglutide products are increasingly used for weight loss.

Representatives of the STOP Obesity Alliance, The Obesity Society and the Obesity Action Coalition, met with FDA Commissioner Robert Califf...

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