Pharmaceuticals
Amgen scraps experimental weight loss pill, moves forward with injection
The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, on May 17, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images Amgen on Thursday said it will stop developing its experimental weight loss pill and instead move forward with its injectable drug and other products in development for obesity. The announcement is a setback for […]
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Moderna loses less than expected as Covid vaccine sales beat estimates, cost cuts take hold
Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday posted a narrower-than-expected loss for the first quarter as the company’s cost-cutting efforts took hold and sales of its Covid vaccine, its only commercially available product, topped estimates. The results come as Moderna inches closer to putting another product on the market, which it badly […]
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Novo Nordisk beats financial gain estimates as income of pounds loss drug Wegovy additional than double
The injectable bodyweight-loss medication Wegovy is obtainable at New Town Halstead Pharmacy on April 24, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Photos Novo Nordisk, which turned the most worthwhile firm in Europe final calendar year due to the blockbuster accomplishment of its weight loss medications, on Thursday beat very first-quarter financial gain anticipations […]
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Johnson & Johnson will pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S.
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it will pay $6.5 billion to settle nearly all of the thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. claiming its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer. The deal would allow J&J to resolve the lawsuits through a third bankruptcy filing of a subsidiary company, LTL Management. More CNBC health coverage It […]
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Pfizer beats revenue estimates, raises profit outlook on cost cuts and strong non-Covid sales
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pfizer on Wednesday reported first-quarter revenue that beat expectations and hiked its full-year profit outlook, benefitting from its broad cost-cutting program and strong sales of its non-Covid products. The company now expects to book adjusted earnings of $2.15 to $2.35 per share for the fiscal year, up from […]
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CVS posts big earnings miss, cuts profit outlook on higher medical costs
A person walks by a CVS Pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters CVS Health on Wednesday reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that missed expectations and slashed its full-year profit outlook, citing higher medical costs that are dogging the U.S. insurance industry. Shares of the company dropped […]
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FTC challenges ‘junk’ patents held by 10 drugmakers, including for Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic
A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023. Lee Smith | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it is challenging hundreds of alleged “junk” patents held by pharmaceutical companies for 20 brand-name drugs, including Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster drugs Ozempic, Saxenda and Victoza. The […]
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Eli Lilly assures investors it can overcome the high-quality problem of too much demand
Eli Lilly ‘s raised guidance stole the show Tuesday, offsetting mixed first-quarter results and propelling shares higher by nearly 6%. The numbers leave little doubt that the long-term Eli Lilly success story remains intact, as demand for its new diabetes and obesity drugs, Mounjaro and Zepbound, outstrips supply. Revenue in the three months ended March […]
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Eli Lilly beats on quarterly profit, hikes full-year guidance on strong sales of Zepbound, Mounjaro
Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company’s offices in San Diego, California, U.S., September 17, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly on Tuesday reported first-quarter adjusted profit that topped Wall Street’s expectations and hiked its full-year guidance on strong sales of its blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro and newly launched weight loss […]
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Walmart to shutter health centers, virtual care service in latest failed push into health care
Walmart on Tuesday said it will close all of its health-care clinics across the country, a stunning reversal of its plans to bring its low-priced reputation to the dentist and doctor’s office along with the grocery aisle. The big-box retailer said it would also shutter its telehealth provider, which it acquired for an undisclosed amount […]
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