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Telehealth companies Noom, Found, and Hims & Hers have all recently launched programs to prescribe “microdosed” GLP-1s. The companies say that in small doses the drugs can provide myriad health benefits, but as Katie Palmer reports , there’s no robust evidence of these marketing claims. The strategy is the latest effort by telehealth companies and their compounding pharmacy partners to extend the runway to profit off of the popular diabetes and obesity drugs.

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