Considering Equity and Consumer Impacts of GLP-1 Drugs – A UBS Economist Weighs In
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 9 April 2024 in Business and health, Consumer experience, Diet and health, Employee benefits, Employers, Entertainment and health, Food and health, GLP-1s, Grocery stores, Health benefits, Health Consumers, Health costs, Health Economics, Health equity, Health insurance, Health Plans, Home economics, Medicines, Money and health, Nutrition, Obesity, Out of pocket costs, Patient experience, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Retail health, Self-care, Trust, User experience UX, Weight loss, Women and health, Workplace benefits
Since the introduction of GLP-1 drugs on the market, their use has split into two categories: for obesity and “recreationally,” according to the Chief Economist with UBS (formerly known as Union Bank of Switzerland). Paul Donovan, said economist, discusses The economics of getting thin in his regularly published comment blog. “These different uses have different economic consequences,” Donovan explains: Obese patients who use GLP-1s should become more productive employees, Donovan expects — less subject to prejudice, and less likely to be absent from work. While so-called recreational GLP-1 consumers may experience these