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AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine worldwide, citing a drop in demand
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AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine worldwide, citing a drop in demand

In this photo illustration a covid-19 vaccine is seen with the AstraZeneca logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it planned to withdraw its Covid-19 vaccine as demand for it has declined. The so-called Vaxzevria vaccine was developed […]

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Amgen, newer rivals could threaten Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug dominance 
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Amgen, newer rivals could threaten Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug dominance 

The injectable weight-loss medication Wegovy is available at New City Halstead Pharmacy on April 24, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have long dominated the rapidly growing weight loss drug market, but their duopoly is closer than ever to facing a threat from a new rival.  Amgen […]

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FTC challenges ‘junk’ patents held by 10 drugmakers, including for Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic
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FTC challenges ‘junk’ patents held by 10 drugmakers, including for Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic

A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023.  Lee Smith | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it is challenging hundreds of alleged “junk” patents held by pharmaceutical companies for 20 brand-name drugs, including Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster drugs Ozempic, Saxenda and Victoza. The […]

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Healthy Returns: Weight loss, diabetes drug ad spending tops  billion
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Healthy Returns: Weight loss, diabetes drug ad spending tops $1 billion

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! Drugmakers spent big on advertisements for weight loss and diabetes treatments last year […]

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Healthy Returns: Drugmakers are capping inhaler prices at  in a win for some patients
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Healthy Returns: Drugmakers are capping inhaler prices at $35 in a win for some patients

A woman using an inhaler.  BSIP | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! Inhalers will soon get a whole lot cheaper for some Americans.  Three of the world’s largest inhaler makers have agreed to cap the […]

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Nvidia stomps the bears. Plus, Cramer's thoughts on 2 struggling portfolio names
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Nvidia stomps the bears. Plus, Cramer's thoughts on 2 struggling portfolio names

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Markets rebound as Nvidia goes green: […]

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Healthy Returns: What’s next in the legal fight over Medicare drug price negotiations
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Healthy Returns: What’s next in the legal fight over Medicare drug price negotiations

Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good morning! The bitter legal battle […]

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Judge rejects AstraZeneca’s challenge to Medicare drug price negotiations
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Judge rejects AstraZeneca’s challenge to Medicare drug price negotiations

Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday rejected AstraZeneca‘s legal challenge to Medicare’s new power to negotiate the prices of certain costly prescription drugs with […]

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The pet drugs vets are now prescribing look a lot more like human medications
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The pet drugs vets are now prescribing look a lot more like human medications

If you want to understand how different the human and animal medicine and vaccine industries have historically been, you don’t need to look much further than weight loss drugs. On the human side, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly struggled to meet the demand for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, respectively, since introducing them, as the […]

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Viking stock doubled Tuesday. In this article&#x27s the place the following moves in the weight problems room could arrive from
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Viking stock doubled Tuesday. In this article&#x27s the place the following moves in the weight problems room could arrive from

Anti-weight problems drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have a big lead on their competitiveness, but supplied the large and beneficial marketplace, rivals are nevertheless keen to sign up for the race. Bank of America analyst Geoff Meacham has been quite bullish about the option, which he phone calls “unparalleled” offered the prevalence of obesity […]

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