Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
Why Pfizer’s latest stumble in the obesity market is a boon for Eli Lilly
Pfizer (PFE) has suffered another setback in its efforts to develop a weight-loss pill — and that’s good news for Club holding Eli Lilly (LLY) as it looks to maintain an edge in the fast-growing obesity-treatment market. Pfizer said Friday it will discontinue its twice-daily weight-loss pill, danuglipron, after patients in a mid-stage trial experienced […]
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Pfizer to discontinue twice-daily weight loss pill due to high rates of adverse side effects
Pfizer on Friday said it would stop developing the twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill after obese patients taking the drug lost weight but had trouble tolerating the drug in a mid-stage clinical study. The drugmaker observed high rates of adverse side effects, which were mostly mild and gastrointestinal, among patients. A significant […]
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Novo Nordisk sues two pharmacies for allegedly selling tainted Wegovy, Ozempic knockoffs
A 0.25 mg injection pen of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy is shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, August 31, 2023. Victoria Klesty | Reuters Novo Nordisk on Thursday said it sued two compounding pharmacies in Florida for allegedly selling impure and “potentially unsafe” drugs claiming to contain semaglutide, the active ingredient in […]
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Biotech stocks jump on AbbVie deal to buy cancer drugmaker ImmunoGen for $10 billion
Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed Abbvie logo in this illustration taken, May 21, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Biotech stocks rose Thursday as AbbVie announced plans to buy cancer drug developer ImmunoGen for $10.1 billion. Shares of ImmunoGen jumped more than 80% on Thursday, putting it on track for its highest […]
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Covid vaccine rates in the U.S. are slumping — and it will be a challenge to boost them
A sign advertises Covid vaccine shots at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Aug. 14, 2023. Brian Snyder | Reuters Three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, few Americans are rolling up their sleeves to get a Covid vaccine. Only 15.7% of U.S. adults had received the newest Covid shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax […]
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Citi is so bullish on this biotech stock it gives it 800% potential upside
Citi is so bullish on one biotech firm that it has given its shares a target price that represents around 800% upside. That company is U.S.-listed Biomea Fusion , which develops covalent therapies to treat cancers and metabolic diseases. These therapies offer “a number of potential advantages over conventional non-covalent drugs including greater target selectivity, […]
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Mounjaro is more effective than Ozempic for weight loss in overweight and obese adults, real world study says
A pharmacist displays a box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Lilly at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 29, 2023. George Frey | Reuters The blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro is more effective for weight loss than another highly popular treatment, Ozempic, in overweight or […]
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Oil and gas sector demands to allow go of carbon seize as alternative to local weather alter, IEA states
The Gorgon liquefied pure gas (LNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, operated by Chevron Corp., on Barrow Island, Australia, on Monday, July 24, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Illustrations or photos The oil and gasoline industry requires to let go of the “illusion” that carbon capture engineering is a remedy to weather […]
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U.S. to offer another round of free at-home Covid tests starting Monday
COVID-19 home test kits are pictured in a store window during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 19, 2022. Carlo Allegri | Reuters The Biden administration on Monday said it is offering another round of free at-home Covid tests to U.S. households ahead of […]
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U.S. crude oil fell into a bear current market this 7 days and could head reduce as China ‘haunts the market’
U.S. crude oil rates entered a bear market place this week, down 22% from September highs as traders wrangle around regardless of whether the spiral is pushed by market place fundamentals or just speculation. The West Texas Intermediate contrac t for December bought off speedily Thursday, dropping nearly 5% for the day to settle at […]
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