Virtual weight loss programs court payers worried about drug costs; Kellogg's goes to war over nutrition label rules

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Adobe STAT+ | As the obesity drug market grows, digital health companies juggle patients and payers Digital health companies like Calibrate, Found, and Noom are courting payers and employers with their weight loss programs. By Katie Palmer Kellogg's is going to war over Mexico's nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S. Kellogg's is desperate to save Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam from Mexico's healthy food rules — rules the U.S. may soon copy. By Nicholas Florko Opinion: What the hospital-at-home movement tells us about igniting innovation in health care Hospital-at-home programs have been studied since the 1970s. But it took a pandemic to jump-start them. It shouldn't have been that way. By James B. Rebitzer and Robert S. Rebitzer Screen grab via ProMED ProMED sees offers of support, but its future remains unclear The service's overseers are reported to be in "serious negotiation" with some major universities and "a number of major funders." By Helen Branswell

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