New Investigational Fertility Pill; Biden Wants Lower GLP-1 Prices; BVO to Be Banned

The investigational pill OXO-001 boosted pregnancy rates 10.6 percentage points higher than placebo in women who underwent assisted reproductive technology fertility treatment in a phase II trial, developer Oxolife announced.

There were clinically meaningful reductions in major atherogenic blood lipids after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery that appeared to be independent of weight loss. (JAMA Surgery)

President Biden called on Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to slash the prices of their GLP-1 receptor agonists. (Reuters)

Upon reaching age 65, when most patients enroll in Medicare, quarterly out-of-pocket costs for type 2 diabetes drugs increased by an average of $23.04. (JAMA Network Open)

Compared with bisphosphonates, denosumab (Prolia, Xgeva) for osteoporosis was associated with a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes, all-cause mortality, and microvascular complications in a large global database. (Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism)

Is testosterone being overprescribed in menopausal women? (The Guardian)

Turner Syndrome-associated diabetes has features of both type 1 and type 2, according to researchers in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The FDA plans to ban the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food and beverages by next month. BVO exposure may be toxic to the thyroid, the agency noted.

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