Health
Promise of Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug for sleep apnea adds another reason to own the stock
Eli Lilly ‘s weight-loss drug Zepbound showed promise as a treatment for sleep apnea — giving investors more confidence to keep owning the world’s most valuable health-care company even after it’s been crushing the S & P 500’s performance over the past three years. The study results released by Eli Lilly on Wednesday highlight the […]
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Abbott Labs’ surprise guidance bump is a major positive for its shareholders
Abbott Laboratories delivered a top and bottom line beat Wednesday and surprised investors by raising its full-year guidance — a show of confidence by the medical device maker not seen in a first quarter since 2016. Revenue for the three months ended March 31 rose slightly more than 2% year over year to $9.96 billion, […]
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Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug Zepbound shows promise as a sleep apnea treatment in late-stage trials
An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eli Lilly on Wednesday said its highly popular weight loss drug Zepbound showed the potential to treat patients with the most common sleep-related breathing disorder in two late-stage clinical trials. The […]
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Healthy Returns: U.S. drug shortages reach record high, hitting Wegovy, ADHD medications
Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! Drug shortages in the U.S. are at a record high, leaving countless patients […]
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Johnson & Johnson tops quarterly profit estimates as medical device sales jump
An entry sign to the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California on August 28, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations as sales in its medical devices business surged. Meanwhile, the company’s total revenue for the […]
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Particle Health says data dispute with Epic Systems not affecting most customers
Joos Mind | Photodisc | Getty Images Particle Health said on Monday that the “vast majority” of its customers are still receiving records from medical software giant Epic Systems despite an ongoing dispute between the two companies over data-sharing practices. Epic’s software supports more than 300 million patient records, and Particle acts like a middleman […]
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UnitedHealth’s first-quarter report will offer a window into Change cyberattack costs
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group’s first-quarter earnings call will mark the health care giant’s first major public comments since a cyberattack on its Change Healthcare billing and payments subsidiary in February, which has led to the largest disruption in U.S. health care since the Covid pandemic. “Everybody looks to United as […]
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Health records giant Epic cracks down on startup for unauthorized sharing of patient data
The eponymous sign outside Epic headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin. Source: Yiem via Wikipedia CC Epic Systems, the largest provider of software for managing medical records, says a venture-backed startup called Particle Health is using patient data in unauthorized and unethical ways that have nothing to do with treatment. Epic told customers in a notice on […]
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EU probe of weight loss and diabetes drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic finds no link to suicidal thoughts
Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters European Union drug regulators found no evidence that highly popular weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic are linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and self-injury, the regulator […]
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Moderna halts plans to build Kenya vaccine plant as Covid shot demand plunges
A nurse prepares a dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Oltepesi Dispensary in Kajiado, Kenya, on September 9, 2021. Patrick Meinhardt | AFP | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday said it has paused plans to build a vaccine-manufacturing site in Kenya after a steep drop in demand for its Covid vaccines. The biotech company said […]
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