Weight Watchers & Merck Collaborate to Help Health Care Professionals Fight Obesity

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News On October 13, 2010, Weight Watchers International Inc. and Merck announced a collaboration to fight obesity; financial terms of the agreement have not been released. Starting in January 2011, Merck will provide physicians and other health care providers with educational information about the Weight Watchers® program and its underlying clinical evidence. The goal is to help health care professionals to better support their patients needing on-going weight management support. The program will launch in the North Central United States, and the partners plan to expand to other areas of the . . .