Wegovy obesity rival to be part of a suite of weight loss drugs
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Roche said Thursday that its Wegovy rival weight loss drugs will be part of a suite of medicines aimed at combatting the effects …
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Viking Therapeutics stock jumps on weight loss injection trial plans
Weight loss drug concept. Cr | Istock | Getty Images Shares of Viking Therapeutics jumped 16% in premarket trading Thursday after the biotech company a day earlier announced plans to …
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy wins UK approval for use to reduce heart risks
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy weight loss drug has seen a meteoric rise in popularity. Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K.’s health regulator on Tuesday approved the use of Novo …
Lawmakers unveil PBM reform bill amid rising drug costs
Feverpitched | Getty Images Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a new bill on Tuesday that aims to crack down on the business practices of drug supply chain middlemen who are widely accused …
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 …
Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly shares slide on Roche’s obesity drug trial
A photo showing the logo of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche in Basel. SEBASTIEN BOZON | AFP | Getty Images Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly shares slid Wednesday after Roche announced …
Lifesaving drugs, police projects mark first use of opioid settlement cash in California
By Aneri Pattani and Don Thompson | KFF Health News Sonja Verdugo lost her husband to an opioid overdose last year. She regularly delivers medical supplies to people using drugs …
Inceptive CEO Jakob Uszkoreit says AI will transform pharmaceuticals
Before co-founding biotech startup Inceptive, Jakob Uszkoreit had an idea that would eventually make generative artificial intelligence possible. As a researcher at Google in 2017, Uszkoreit was trying to speed …
Novo Nordisk weight loss drugs linked to rare eye condition: study
A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023. George Frey | Reuters Novo Nordisk investors appeared unperturbed Thursday by a …
FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug cements our decision not to take profits
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Rally …