Health care industry
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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Novo Nordisk offers diabetes drug Ozempic for less than half the price for cash-paying U.S. patients
A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk, at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Novo Nordisk on Monday said it now offers cash-paying U.S. patients its blockbuster diabetes treatment Ozempic for less than half its monthly list price, as drugmakers face mounting political pressure to lower prices in […]
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Bill Gates meets Willy Wonka: How Epic’s 82-year-old billionaire CEO, Judy Faulkner, built her software factory
Judy Faulkner, founder and chief executive officer of Epic Systems Corp., during the Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York, Dec. 5, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Do not go public. Do not acquire or be acquired. Software must work. These are the first three of the 10 commandments splashed across bathrooms and […]
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UnitedHealth shares jump the most in 5 years after Buffett’s new stake is revealed
UnitedHealth Group Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock Chart IconStock chart icon UnitedHealth Friday Shares of UnitedHealth were down nearly 50% for 2025 through Thursday’s close before Buffett’s filing. The largest private health insurer has become the face […]
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Nike co-founder Phil Knight to donate $2 billion to OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute
Phil Knight Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nike co-founder Phil Knight is donating $2 billion to the Oregon Health and Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute, the single largest donation ever to a U.S. university, college or health institution, according to the Knight Foundation. The foundation said on Thursday the gift that will be […]
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Nike co-founder Phil Knight to donate $2 billion to University of Oregon’s Cancer Institute
Phil Knight Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nike co-founder Phil Knight is donating $2 billion to the Oregon Health and Science University’s Cancer Institute, the single largest donation ever to a U.S. university, college or health institution, according to the Knight Foundation. The foundation said on Thursday the gift that will be used […]
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Eli Lilly hikes price of diabetes drug Mounjaro in UK as Trump pressures pharma to align drug costs
Mounjaro manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company packaging is seen in this illustration photo taken in a pharmacy in Krakow, Poland on April 9, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Eli Lilly on Thursday said it is raising the list price of its blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro in the U.K. starting in September, as […]
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Apple Watch getting redesigned blood oxygen feature following legal dispute
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple on Thursday announced a redesigned blood oxygen feature for some Apple Watch users, following a years-long intellectual property […]
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