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Russia’s war on Ukraine puts women off having children — and that could spell economic disaster
A woman carries a baby as she reacts after evacuating from Russian troop-occupied Kupiansk town in a bus convoy, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine May 30, 2022. Picture taken May 30, 2022. Ivan Alvarado | Reuters Four years of war between Russia and Ukraine are beginning to take their […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: KKR, Blackstone, CrowdStrike, International Paper & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Financials — The financials sector of the S & P 500 slid more than 3% in midday trading, the worst performer in the broad market. Alternative asset managers KKR and Blackstone slid roughly 9% and 7%, respectively, after activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management and Cox […]
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Eli Lilly launches new form of obesity drug Zepbound with a month’s worth of doses in one pen
An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York on March 28, 2024. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly on Monday launched a new form of its blockbuster obesity drug, Zepbound, that offers a month’s worth of doses in a single pen. Cash-paying patients can […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Arcellx, Novo Nordisk, Domino’s Pizza and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Arcellx — The biotech stock surged 78% after Gilead Sciences said Monday it agreed to acquire Arcellx for $7.8 billion, offering $115 per share in cash at closing and one contingent value right of $5 per share. Arcellx focuses on immunotherapies for patients with cancer and […]
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Novo Nordisk sinks 10% after weight loss drug fails to match Eli Lilly’s in trial
Novo Nordisk stock fell over 10% Monday after it said its next-generation weight loss drug didn’t meet its primary target. The drug, CagriSema, didn’t achieve its primary endpoint of demonstrating non-inferiority on weight loss when compared to Eli Lilly‘s rival drug tirzepatide after 84 weeks, Novo said in a statement Monday morning. Eli Lilly‘s stock […]
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Prices, pipelines and patent cliffs: Inside pharma’s big reset
This earnings season, Europe’s biggest pharma companies posted results ranging from 7% beats to 3% misses — but no one really cared. Instead, drugmakers looked ahead, with 2026 shaping up to be a defining year following a dramatic 2025, and one where the impact from last year’s developments is set to crystallize. “2025 was about […]
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Novo Nordisk faces a defining year in the obesity drug market. It’s off to a dramatic start
Mike Doustdar, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks in the Oval Office during an event about weight loss drugs at the White House, Nov. 6, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Novo Nordisk entered 2026 with the momentum of a historic year in more ways than one — but recent weeks have delivered more […]
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Novo Nordisk CEO sees 15 million-patient opportunity in Medicare coverage for obesity drugs
Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar. CNBC Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar on Wednesday said the company is aiming to capture around 15 million new patients, at least initially, when Medicare starts covering obesity treatments for the first time later this year. Around 67 million Americans are covered by Medicare, but “when you take a look […]
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Coca-Cola earnings, Google’s AI risks, Target layoffs and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. Fresh off his feature in Salesforce’s Super Bowl ad, MrBeast is getting into banking. The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said Monday that his company Beast Industries acquired the financial services app Step. Stock futures are little changed […]
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FDA says Novo Nordisk’s TV ad for obesity pill includes ‘false or misleading’ claims
Still life of the new Wegovy semaglutide tablets on a white background. Its a prescription medicine used with a reduced calorie diet and .and physical activity. Michael Siluk | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration said Novo Nordisk‘s TV advertisement for its newly launched Wegovy pill for obesity included “false […]
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