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People with obesity or who are overweight and hoping to lose weight with the assistance of medication have a new option. On Nov. 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug Zepbound, which, according to clinical trials, helped participants lose up to 52 pounds in 16 months. “This is the most effective form of pharmaceutical obesity …

The Food and Drug Administration, in a surprise move, has decided not to approve an epinephrine nasal spray that would have been the first needle-free alternative to epinephrine autoinjectors, including EpiPens.  The agency told drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals that it needed to conduct another study on the drug, called Neffy, to support approval, the company said in a statement late Tuesday …