Pharmaceuticals
Novo Nordisk CEO says experimental weight loss pill could become a best in class drug
Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen on Friday said the company’s experimental weight loss pill, amycretin, could eventually become a best-in-class treatment for obesity. The Danish drugmaker is racing to capitalize on the runaway success of its blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy by developing a new generation of treatments for obesity, including more convenient and […]
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Eli Lilly says FDA delays approval of Alzheimer's drug in surprise move
Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Eli Lilly & Co.’s shares climbed in early US trading after its experimental drug for Alzheimer’s slowed the progress of the disease in a final-stage trial, paving the way for the company to apply for US approval. AJ Mast | Bloomberg | Getty […]
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Novo Nordisk market cap surpasses Tesla on new obesity pill trial data
The logo of Danish pharmaceutical company is pictured at their headquarters in Bagsvaerd outside of Copenhagen, Denmark on February 1, 2017. Liselotte Sabroe | AFP | Getty Images Wegovy obesity drug maker Novo Nordisk surpassed Tesla in market value Thursday, after fresh early trial data showed positive results for its new experimental weight loss pill. […]
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Cigna launches effort to cap employer insurance plan spending on weight loss drugs
Injection pens of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023. Victoria Klesty | Reuters Cigna on Thursday unveiled a new effort to expand insurance coverage for weight loss drugs by limiting how much health plans and employers spend on the highly popular treatments each year. […]
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Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs each year, up from a target of 20
US President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14 2023. Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the federal Medicare program should negotiate prices for at least 50 prescription drugs each year, up from the […]
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Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic slashed the risk of kidney disease progression in trial
This picture taken on October 23, 2023, shows Ozempic medication boxes, an injectable antidiabetic drug, in a pharmacy in Riedisheim, eastern France. Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty Images Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster drug Ozempic cut the risk of kidney disease progression and related health complications in diabetic patients, according to initial late-stage trial results released […]
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Bayer calls off split-up to deal with troubles for up to 3 many years
The Bayer AG brand sits driving silhouetted members of the administration board during the firm’s once-a-year common assembly in Bonn, Germany, May possibly 25, 2018. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bayer reported on Tuesday it will keep off on strategies to break up the diversified group to focus alternatively on increasing the running […]
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Viking Therapeutics emerges as a strong weight loss drug player — or takeover target
Cr | Istock | Getty Images Biotech company Viking Therapeutics has emerged as a strong potential entrant — or takeover target — in the budding weight loss drug market. Viking is just one of several companies racing to join the growing space. Some analysts say the market could be worth $100 billion by the end […]
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Judge rejects AstraZeneca’s challenge to Medicare drug price negotiations
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday rejected AstraZeneca‘s legal challenge to Medicare’s new power to negotiate the prices of certain costly prescription drugs with […]
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CVS and Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month
A container holding boxes of mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, on April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters CVS and Walgreens will start selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month at certain pharmacy locations in states where it is legal to […]
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