Health care industry
Starbucks debuts fruity energy drink less than two months after Panera discontinues highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade
Starbucks on Tuesday launched a drink at stores nationwide called Iced Energy, which has up to 205 milligrams of caffeine in it — about the same amount as six cans of Coke. The fruity energy drink debuts less than two months after bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread announced it was discontinuing its controversial Charged Lemonade, a beverage […]
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Novo Nordisk to build $4.1 billion North Carolina facility to boost output of Wegovy, Ozempic
Novo Nordisk’s new manufacturing facility in Clayton, North Carolina. Courtesy: Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk on Monday said it will spend $4.1 billion to build a new manufacturing plant in Clayton, North Carolina, in a bid to boost the supply of its blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy, diabetes treatment Ozempic and other injectable therapies. Demand for […]
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Supreme Court rejects appeals brought by RFK Jr-founded anti-vaccine group over Covid shots
Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally at Legends Event Center on December 20, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. Rebecca Noble | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday turned away two Covid-related appeals brought by Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The decision […]
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Eli Lilly expects FDA decision on weight loss drug Zepbound for sleep apnea as early as end of the year
Eli Lilly on Friday said it applied for U.S. approval of its weight loss drug Zepbound for the treatment of the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and expects regulators to make a decision as early as the end of the year. If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, the company plans to launch Zepbound for so-called obstructive […]
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FDA OKs first menthol e-cigarettes, citing potential to help adult smokers
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, acknowledging that vaping flavors can reduce the harms of traditional tobacco smoking. The FDA said it authorized four menthol e-cigarettes from Njoy, the vaping brand recently acquired by tobacco giant Altria, which also sells Marlboro cigarettes. The decision lends new […]
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Neuralink competitor Paradromics gears up to test its brain implant on humans
Neurotech start-up Paradromics will be trialing its brain implant next year, as the race to be the leader in the nascent brain-computer interface (BCI) space heats up. “The brain is a super fascinating organ. We have about 85 billion neurons and every neuron is a million times slower than a computer chip. And yet, the […]
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Catalyst calendar: Here’s a look at major events that could propel these 7 stocks higher
AI tech stocks have been on the rage on Wall Street. But here are some events that could lift other Club names higher in the weeks and months ahead. Source
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Gilead’s twice-yearly shot to prevent HIV succeeds in late-stage trial
The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Gilead‘s experimental twice-yearly medicine to prevent HIV was 100% effective in a late-stage trial, the company said Thursday. None of the roughly 2,000 women in the trial who received Gilead’s shot lenacapavir had contracted HIV by […]
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Inside Paradromics, the Neuralink competitor hoping to commercialize brain implants before the end of the decade
The following is a transcript of the video. Matt Angle: The brain is a super fascinating organ. We have about 85 billion neurons and every neuron is a million times slower than a computer chip. And yet, the brain does incredible things. But what that means is that if you want to get data in […]
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Healthy Returns: More U.S. employers are now covering GLP-1s for weight loss
Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. The injectable weight loss medication Wegovy at New City Halstead Pharmacy in Chicago on April 24, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Good morning! More U.S. employers are covering a buzzy class of medications called GLP-1s for weight […]
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