Food Exec Brief: AI Velocity, GLP-1 Disruption, and Manufacturing’s Autonomous Future

Welcome to this week’s Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup covering the accelerating deployment of AI across R&D and operations, the seismic impact of GLP-1 medications on consumer behavior, and the convergence of automation and sustainability reshaping competitive dynamics in food and beverage manufacturing. Key takeaways: AI moves from novelty to necessity: Food giants […]
Tempus AI Boosts Its Clinical AI Capabilities Through Strategic Moves

Tempus AI TEM is slowly becoming one of the most vertically integrated data and diagnostics platforms in healthcare, bringing together genomics, multimodal real-world data and clinical AI into a unified system. As its financial performance improves and more FDA-cleared diagnostic tools enter the portfolio, the company is shifting from a heavy investment phase toward a […]
Ozempic on Cats? Updates on Biopharmaceutical Company Launches Pilot Study of GLP-1 Drug in Obese Cats

An Ozempic-like drug implant might be available for your pets soon. Okava Pharma’s GLP-1 implant pilot for obese cats (MEOW-1) aims to combat feline obesity, with due results in 2026.
Leading Drug Fails to Slow Alzheimer’s Progression

(MedPage Today) — Alzheimer’s patients treated with the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Rybelsus) in two phase III trials showed no significant improvement in cognitive or functional decline over 2 years compared with placebo, according to…
Weight loss drugs have great action, but can’t replace diet and exercise: Diabetes Federation president

“The new GLP-1 class of drugs comprises brilliant molecules that have very good action, but they are also very expensive”
Scientists Testing GLP-1s for Overweight Dogs and Cats

Your pet dog or cat might soon be a chubby little munchkin no more. Welcome to the burgeoning era of — we swear we’re not making this up — “ozempets,” in which your servile critters might shed some extra pounds by taking animal-focused diabetes and weight loss drugs similar to Ozempic and Wegovy. It hasn’t […]
Why Is Cencora (COR) Down 6.3% Since Last Earnings Report?

A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Cencora (COR). Shares have lost about 6.3% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500. But investors have to be wondering, will the recent negative trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Cencora due for a breakout? Well, first let’s […]
Stopping GLP-1s raises complicated questions for pregnancy

During pregnancy, using popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic is not recommended. However, a new study suggests that stopping the medications just before conception or in the early stages of pregnancy may come with some risks. However, without further studies, experts say the data paints a complicated picture of the relationship between GLP-1s and pregnancy. […]
The dual GLP-1–glucagon agonist pemvidutide in MASH: a phase 2b trial

Publication date: 6–12 December 2025 Source: The Lancet, Volume 406, Issue 10520 Author(s): Frank Tacke
Is ozempic forever? UK surgeon explains how GLP-1 drugs work, and whether you need to take them indefinitely
If you are considering GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, it might be a more serious commitment than you expected. Dr Rajan explains how they work.