Obesity

Ozempic is driving up the cost of your health care, whether you can get your hands on it or not
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Ozempic is driving up the cost of your health care, whether you can get your hands on it or not

About 165 million Americans rely on employer-sponsored health insurance and yet, workers may still not get the coverage they want — particularly when it comes to drugs like Wegovy and Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic. One in three employees are looking for more resources to combat obesity, according to a recent report by consulting firm Gallagher. […]

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Port strike fallout: Blockbuster weight-loss drug supply from Wegovy to Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound, caught up in East Coast trade shutdown
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Port strike fallout: Blockbuster weight-loss drug supply from Wegovy to Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound, caught up in East Coast trade shutdown

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen, March 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images As a port strike stretching from New England to Texas halted nearly half of all trade coming into the U.S., customs data shows that critical medical devices and drug components for the booming, expensive weight-loss and diabetes drugs […]

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We’re taking a nearly 300% profit on a hot drug stock — adhering to an investing rule to live by
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We’re taking a nearly 300% profit on a hot drug stock — adhering to an investing rule to live by

Shortly after the opening bell, we’ll be selling 10 shares of Eli Lilly at roughly $958 each. Following Monday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 100 shares of LLY, decreasing its weighting to 2.85% from about 3.13%. Now that we are no longer restricted, we are selling some Eli Lilly shares. We downgraded Lilly […]

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CNBC Daily Open: A ‘crazy’ summer
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CNBC Daily Open: A ‘crazy’ summer

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 20, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]

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CNBC Daily Open: ‘Crazy’ summer
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CNBC Daily Open: ‘Crazy’ summer

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Aug. 20, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. […]

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These drugmakers are catching up to Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk in weight loss treatments
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These drugmakers are catching up to Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk in weight loss treatments

The lucrative market for weight loss drugs won’t stay a duopoly forever. With billions at stake, that’s pretty much been a guarantee facing the current market leaders, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk , from the start. But the reality of the coming competition has grown more tangible after recent announcements from rival drugmakers Roche and […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Rising geopolitical risk
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CNBC Daily Open: Rising geopolitical risk

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on April 09, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]

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Why half of all workers may struggle to get weight-loss drug health insurance coverage
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Why half of all workers may struggle to get weight-loss drug health insurance coverage

An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Companies are increasing access to new blockbuster weight-loss drugs for employees, but size of employer may make a big difference in early access. Small businesses and their workers are often stuck […]

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Promise of Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug for sleep apnea adds another reason to own the stock
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Promise of Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug for sleep apnea adds another reason to own the stock

Eli Lilly ‘s weight-loss drug Zepbound showed promise as a treatment for sleep apnea — giving investors more confidence to keep owning the world’s most valuable health-care company even after it’s been crushing the S & P 500’s performance over the past three years. The study results released by Eli Lilly on Wednesday highlight the […]

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WeightWatchers CEO just sent an internal memo to employees as stock crashes, amid debt concerns, Oprah exit
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WeightWatchers CEO just sent an internal memo to employees as stock crashes, amid debt concerns, Oprah exit

Sima Sistani, CEO, WW International, August 16, 2023. Scott Mlyn | CNBC WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani has sent an internal memo to employees attempting to reassure them that the financial position of the company is solid and its new clinical business related to the threat of GLP-1 weight loss drugs is growing faster than expected. […]

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