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Healthy Returns: Pfizer pulls sickle cell disease drug from markets – here’s why it matters
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Healthy Returns: Pfizer pulls sickle cell disease drug from markets – here’s why it matters

Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Hello and happy Tuesday! Today, we’re unpacking a shocking move from Pfizer.  The pharmaceutical giant last week announced it […]

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CVS is working with advisors on strategic review, sources say
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CVS is working with advisors on strategic review, sources say

CVS Pharmacy logo is seen in Washington DC, United States on July 9, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images CVS Health‘s board has engaged advisors to conduct a strategic review of its business, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company contends with potential activist pressure and a severely depressed stock […]

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GE Healthcare has been an under-the-radar winner — and a new catalyst just arrived
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GE Healthcare has been an under-the-radar winner — and a new catalyst just arrived

GE Healthcare ‘s quiet outperformance is becoming harder to tune out — and its new drug used in radiology to improve the diagnosis of heart disease can help the Club stock make some more noise. In a note to clients Sunday, Wells Fargo analysts said that GE Healthcare’s diagnostic agent Flyrcado is “possibly the most […]

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Major CVS shareholder plans activist push, will meet with management, sources say
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Major CVS shareholder plans activist push, will meet with management, sources say

CVS Pharmacy logo is seen at store in Florida Keys, United States on May 7, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Glenview Capital, a major CVS Health shareholder, is expected to meet with company leadership on Monday to lay out proposed fixes for the struggling business, according to people familiar with the matter, […]

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Harris leads with Latino voters, but the economy narrows the margin for Dems: Survey
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Harris leads with Latino voters, but the economy narrows the margin for Dems: Survey

The economic woes from inflation look to have accelerated a shift of Latino voters toward Republicans, cutting in half a Democratic lead with a critical voting group in the lead up to a tight presidential election, according to an NBC/CNBC/Telemundo survey. The survey of 1,000 Latino likely voters found the Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President […]

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10 things to watch in the stock market Friday including a bullish call on Best Buy
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10 things to watch in the stock market Friday including a bullish call on Best Buy

10 things to watch Friday, Sept. 27 1. The S & P 500 was looking at a slightly higher open Friday after another record high close. The 10-year Treasury yield was finally lower following a tame August reading on the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge, the PCE price index. With just a couple trading days left […]

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FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s schizophrenia drug, the first new type of treatment in decades
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FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s schizophrenia drug, the first new type of treatment in decades

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Cobenfy drug Courtesy: Bristol Myers Squibb The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol Myers Squibb‘s highly anticipated schizophrenia drug Cobenfy, the first novel type of treatment for the debilitating, chronic mental disorder in more than seven decades.  Schizophrenia affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves, and can cause paranoia, […]

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Healthy Returns: Weight loss drug Wegovy could face Medicare price negotiations next
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Healthy Returns: Weight loss drug Wegovy could face Medicare price negotiations next

Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024.  Hollie Adams | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Good afternoon! Wegovy, […]

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Brett Favre tells Congress he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s
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Brett Favre tells Congress he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee at the Longworth House Office Building on September 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a stunning disclosure made to Congress on Tuesday while testifying about […]

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Novo Nordisk CEO to testify at Senate hearing over high weight loss drug prices
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Novo Nordisk CEO to testify at Senate hearing over high weight loss drug prices

Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks during an interview in New York on Aug. 10, 2022. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Novo Nordisk‘s top executive is slated to face a Senate grilling on Tuesday over the high prices of the company’s weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic, as demand […]

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