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 Cigna on Thursday said it will …
Pharmaceuticals
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 | Getty Images President Joe Biden on …
Novo Nordisk 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, eastern France. Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty Images Novo …
How a family fortune made from Ambien to Dramamine has quietly funded conservative causes across the US
By Casey Tolan | CNN From the Ambien and Dramamine in millions of bathroom medicine cabinets, to the sugar substitute that makes diet sodas sweet, to the first-ever birth control …
Major US pharmacies say they’ll start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone
By Meg Tirrell and Nikki Carvajal | CNN CVS and Walgreens said they’ve received certification to dispense mifepristone, a pill that’s part of a regimen for medication abortion, and will …
February was a great month for stocks. These are our top 5 performers
February was a strong month for stocks and the Club’s portfolio. The advance came as investors parsed through fourth-quarter earnings results and fresh economic data, searching for clues about when …
Pfizer RSV vaccine protects older adults over two seasons
Respiratory syncytial virus vial. Manjurul | Istock | Getty Images Pfizer‘s vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus maintained protection for older adults across two full seasons of the disease in an …
New pet drugs are looking a lot more like human medications
If you want to understand how different the human and animal medicine and vaccine industries have historically been, you don’t need to look much further than weight loss drugs. On …
Viking Therapeutics weight loss drug shows promising trial results
Cr | Istock | Getty Images Shares of Viking Therapeutics soared about 80% on Tuesday after the company’s experimental weight loss drug showed promising initial results in a mid-stage trial. …
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly rival soars 26% after promising weight-loss drug results
Vials move along a conveyor at the Novo Nordisk A/S production facilities in Hillerod, Denmark, on Monday, June 12, 2023. The success of Novo’s bestsellers Ozempic and Wegovy, drugs that …