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An FDA Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee voted to recommend loosening regulations on six peptide therapies—BPC-157, Epitalon, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax and TB-500—potentially enabling prescription-based access if the FDA approves; supporters hail a win for personalized medicine, but FDA scientists have warned there isn’t enough data on safety and efficacy, and a final decision could take months.
Hims & Hers, the telehealth company built on selling GLP-1 weight-loss drugs online, plans a pivot into wellness and longevity, including potentially FDA-regulated peptides. The founder-CEO aims to source peptides in the U.S. and lean on its mass-marketing platform to push broader wellness products, signaling a transition from prescription-focused care toward a broader wellness business amid regulatory scrutiny.
GuardDog Telehealth acknowledged in court documents that its business mined digital patient records from several health systems and shared them with law firms, a claim central to Epic Systems’ lawsuit and highlighting the privacy and security risks surrounding health data.
Health care and social assistance accounted for 95% of the 130,000 jobs added in January, continuing a 2025-driven trend of health-care hiring that buoyed the broader labor market, with hospitals, clinics and nursing homes expanding payrolls while other sectors slowed.
California's health care industry has reached a deal on how to spend $19 billion in proceeds of a renewed tax on insurance plans plus the federal funds that go with it. The agreement would impose a tax on health care plans in what those involved described as a once-in-a-generation investment into a system that serves nearly 16 million Californians. It would be the largest-ever investment in Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid system. The deal includes money to bolster struggling hospitals, ease workforce shortages and entice more specialists to see Medi-Cal patients.