Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
CDC Director Susan Monarez ousted, four other leaders quit health agency
Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images Centers for Disease […]
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Healthy Returns: Eli Lilly’s chief scientific officer breaks down the latest obesity pill data
The Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Aug. 15, 2024. AJ Mast | Bloomberg | 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. Eli Lilly‘s closely watched obesity pill is inching closer […]
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Eli Lilly’s weight loss pill orforglipron clears its latest trial, paving way for approval
Eli Lilly Biotechnology Center is shown in San Diego, California, U.S. March 1, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly on Tuesday said its daily weight loss pill helped patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes shed weight in a late-stage trial, meeting the study’s main goal and clearing the way for the company to […]
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A world on weight loss drugs: How GLP-1s are reshaping the economy
Eternalcreative | Istock | Getty Images Miracle drugs, obesity treatments and skinny jabs. Call them what you will, few drugs have had a more transformative effect on Wall Street and waistlines over recent decades than GLP-1s. Familiarly known under the brand names Wegovy and Zepbound, Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are a class of medication used to […]
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Eli Lilly’s obesity pill remains a viable rival to Novo’s oral Wegovy despite data that underwhelmed investors
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Eli Lilly‘s stock is still recovering after the drugmaker released trial data earlier this month on its closely watched obesity pill that underwhelmed Wall Street. In a key late-stage trial, […]
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A new pharma factory shows how hard it could be for drugmakers to outrun Trump’s tariffs
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — A hallway as long as three football fields connects four buildings at Fujifilm Biotechnologies’ new biologics manufacturing plant in Holly Springs, North Carolina. The first two buildings are preparing to open this fall to produce drug substance, essentially the base of biologic drugs, for Fujifilm’s initial customers Regeneron and Johnson & […]
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FDA approves first-ever glucose monitoring system for weight loss from Signos
Woman with Signos wearable and app Source: Signos The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first-ever glucose monitoring system specifically for weight loss from the startup Signos, establishing a new option for Americans to manage their weight. Current treatment options for losing weight – popular drugs like GLP-1s and surgical interventions – are […]
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Healthy Returns: New study casts doubts on RFK Jr.’s reasons for gutting key vaccine panel
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as he attends a press conference with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz to discuss health insurance reform, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters A version of […]
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Viking Therapeutics shares fall more than 30% on disappointing obesity pill trial data
Shares of Viking Therapeutics fell more than 30% in premarket trading Tuesday after the company released mid-stage trial data on its obesity pill that disappointed investors. The results could be a blow to Viking, which was once seen as a hot M&A target as pharmaceutical companies scramble to join the booming market for obesity and […]
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Eli Lilly’s 170% UK price hike for Mounjaro is just the start as pharma firms bow to Trump’s pricing pressures
Key Points Pharma giants are navigating U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands to bring U.S. drug prices in line with other developed nations. Eli Lilly’s decision to hike Mounjaro prices in the U.K. could spark similar moves from other firms, analysts say. The U.S. consistently pays the most in the world for many prescription drugs. Eli Lilly ‘s […]
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