Health
Morgan Stanley sees profound shift in diabetes treatment boosting opportunity for weight-loss drugs
Morgan Stanley analysts said they are seeing a profound shift in the way diabetes is being treated, with doctors intensifying the focus on weight management, which is accelerating the uptake of GLP-1 medications. What’s more, the analysts anticipate that over the next 24 months, this weight-centric approach will start to spread to other health complications […]
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Biogen to cut 1,000 jobs to save costs as company prepares for Leqembi launch
A Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder | Reuters Biogen on Tuesday said it expects to cut approximately 1,000 jobs, or about 11% of its workforce, to save costs as the biotech company prepares to launch its newly approved Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi. It’s the latest round of layoffs after Biogen slashed nearly 900 jobs […]
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Biden administration aims to crack down on inadequate insurance for mental health care
A young woman sits on a couch with her therapist. Sdi Productions | E+ | Getty Images The Biden administration plans to crack down on health insurance plans that discriminate against people who need mental health care and substance abuse treatments. A proposed rule published Tuesday by the Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury […]
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Morgan Stanley names this health insurance stock a top pick, sees more than 20% upside
Morgan Stanley thinks it’s time to buy shares of Elevance Health . The bank listed the stock as a top pick in a Tuesday note and reiterated an overweight rating on it. Morgan Stanley’s $585 price target implies roughly 24% upside from Monday’s $471.16 close. Morgan Stanley analyst Michael Ha said the health insurance company […]
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Johnson & Johnson to reduce its Kenvue stake by at least 80% through exchange offer
Kenvue, a unit of Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health business. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Monday said it plans to reduce by at least 80% its stake in Kenvue, the consumer health business it spun out as an independent company earlier this year, via a stock exchange offer. J&J […]
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Warning labels in the U.S. seem to be everywhere. Here’s why they may be pointless
Warning labels are designed to inform consumers about potential risks of using a product, but they have become too prevalent to be beneficial. “Warning labels really were fairly rare until the 1960s,” said W. Kip Viscusi, a distinguished professor of law, economics, and management at Vanderbilt University. “Beginning in the mid-1960’s, cigarettes started to have […]
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Pfizer says no major tornado damage to drug manufacturing areas of North Carolina facility
In this aerial image, damage is seen to a Pfizer pharmaceutical factory after a tornado hit the facility two days earlier, on July 21, 2023 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Sean Rayford | Getty Images Pfizer on Friday said there does not appear to be major damage to the drug manufacturing areas of its plant […]
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Here’s what Jim Cramer thinks about J&J stock after a pivotal talc case verdict
A closely watched talc trial in California goes against Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), adding uncertainty around whether tens of thousands of other plaintiffs suing the company will sign on to J & J’s proposed $8.9 billion settlement offer or seek to get their own days in court. Jim Cramer believes the biopharmaceutical company was “too […]
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Ford’s dividend quality, J&J’s split-off, cost basis discipline — what we think about all these
Send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts at [email protected] . Reminder, we can’t offer personal investing advice. We will only consider more general questions about the investment process or stocks in the portfolio or related industries. Question 1: What are your thoughts on the stability of FORD’s dividend? Thank you, Denise The quickest […]
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Biden administration calls on employers to help keep people insured as millions lose Medicaid
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during her nomination hearing to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Biden administration on Thursday called on companies to help keep their employees insured as millions […]
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