Tag: Health care industry
Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet
Victoria Klesty | ReutersIn the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss.The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to sk [...]
Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet
Victoria Klesty | ReutersIn the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss.The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to sk [...]
An overlooked corner of women’s health may be $350 billion market opportunity
Peathegee Inc | Tetra Images | Getty ImagesAfter years of being ignored, menopause has entered the public conversation.Celebrities from Drew Barrymore [...]
FDA approves NASH liver disease drug from Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
In this photo illustration, the Madrigal Pharmaceuticals logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty [...]
Eli Lilly taps Amazon Pharmacy to help deliver Zepbound, other drugs
Close-up of a hand holding a cellphone displaying the Amazon Pharmacy system, Lafayette, California, September 15, 2021. Smith Collection | Gado | Get [...]
Pfizer is betting big on cancer drugs after Covid decline
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesPfizer is ready to move on from Covid. Now, the company is betting on cancer drugs to help it regain its footing aft [...]
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-cl [...]
Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s drug FDA approval delayed
Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Eli Lilly & Co.'s shares climbed in early US trading after its exp [...]
Cigna to cap insurance spending
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 [...]
Medicare should negotiate prices for 50 drugs each year
President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 14, 2023.Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Gett [...]
Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic cuts risk of kidney disease progression
This picture taken on October 23, 2023, shows Ozempic medication boxes, an injectable antidiabetic drug, in a pharmacy in Riedisheim in eastern France [...]
Viking Therapeutics emerges as competitor
Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesBiotech company Viking Therapeutics has emerged as a strong potential entrant — or takeover target — in the budding weight l [...]
Medicare drug price negotiations: Judge rejects AstraZeneca challenge
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 O [...]
CVS, 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 [...]
Medicaid challenges leave many Black Americans uninsured
Recent changes to Medicaid programs, aimed at closing a health coverage gap in the U.S., have left behind some Americans — particularly people of colo [...]