Headlines in the Global Wellness Economy
Global Wellness News™ | March 9th, 2023
WeightWatchers Moves Into the Ozempic Market With Telehealth Deal
WW International Inc., known as WeightWatchers, is buying digital health company Sequence, marking the diet company’s move into the hot market for diabetes and obesity drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy. Sequence is a subscription service that offers telehealth visits with doctors who can prescribe the drugs.
6 Wellness Retreats That Promise High-Tech Healing
Yoga classes and beach massages? That’s so 2019. Since the pandemic, hotels and resorts around the world have embraced services like comprehensive blood tests, IV infusions and 3-D scans. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.
The Healing Company [OTC: HLCO] acquires Chopra Global’s wellbeing experiences businesses, deepening partnership with wellness icon, Dr. Deepak Chopra
This is the second acquisition in four months for The Healing Company, who acquired leading plant-based superfoods brand Your Super, late last year The Chopra Global wellbeing experiences businesses, including physical products, the meditation and wellbeing app, and licensed experiences will join The Healing Company’s community of healing brands With
Homz, the First National Housing Company Dedicated to Standardizing Attainable Rental Housing Communities in the U.S., Raises $50 Million in Pre-Seed Funding
DALLAS–()– Homz, the first national housing company in the U.S. developing wellness-centric multifamily housing, today announced it raised $50 million in pre-seed funding. Nanban Ventures, a Dallas-based venture capital firm investing in startups across the U.S. and India that are committed to making a positive societal impact, served as the lead investor, with additional contributions made by family offices, high-net-worth individuals and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
Hotels Need a Wellness Strategy That Makes Long-Term Sense
No investment analyst has thought about how hotels can play the wellness trend as much as Gregory Miller at Truist Securities.
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These devices changed the game for diabetes treatment. Now they’re the latest wellness trend
Continuous glucose monitors are the hot new gadget among fitness enthusiasts. Not all doctors are pumped about it.
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