Health, Fitness & Food

In this photo illustration a covid-19 vaccine is seen with the AstraZeneca logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it planned to withdraw its Covid-19 vaccine as demand for it has declined. Demand for AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria vaccine began

In this article NOVO.B-DK LLY AMGN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The injectable weight-loss medication Wegovy is available at New City Halstead Pharmacy on April 24, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have long dominated the rapidly growing weight loss drug market, but their duopoly is

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! A

In this article JNJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it plans to pay $6.5 billion over 25 years to settle nearly all of the thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. claiming its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer, pending approval of the claimants. Those cases have for decades caused

In this article CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 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 closed more than 16% lower on Wednesday, and were headed for

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 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

Humira, the injectable rheumatoid arthritis treatment is pictured in a pharmacy in Cambridge, Massachusetts. JB Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good morning! Sales of AbbVie‘s Humira are plummeting as the once-top-selling drug fights competition from cheaper

In this article AMGN LLY NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amgen‘s stock rose more than 12% on Friday after the drugmaker teased positive initial data on its experimental weight loss injection.  That fueled investor concerns about new competition in the rapidly growing weight loss drug industry,

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 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

In this article AMGN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 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

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Kent Nishimura | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty confirmed for the first time that the company paid a $22 million ransom to hackers who breached its subsidiary Change Healthcare and caused widespread fallout

In this article UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on Wednesday told lawmakers that data from an estimated one-third of Americans could have been compromised in the cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare, and that the company paid a $22 million ransom

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In this article UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images On a Sunday in early March, Dr. Angeli Maun Akey noticed something peculiar while making payroll for her private practice in Gainesville, Florida: She was missing $19,000. Akey owns and operates a primary care practice that serves around

In this article BMY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images A federal judge in New Jersey on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson‘s and Bristol Myers Squibb‘s legal challenges to the Biden administration’s Medicare drug-price negotiations, ruling that the program is constitutional.  The decision is another win for the

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024.  Hollie Adams | Reuters More than 3 million people with Medicare could be eligible for coverage of Wegovy now that the blockbuster weight loss drug is also

In this article BIIB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A test tube is seen in front of displayed Biogen logo in this illustration taken on, December 1, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Biogen on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit that topped estimates as the company’s cost-cutting efforts took hold and sales of its closely watched

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer‘s treatment for a rare genetic bleeding disorder, making it the company’s first-ever gene therapy to win clearance in the U.S.  The agency greenlit the drug, which will be marketed

In this article CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 7, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images A CVS in Las Vegas has become the first location to join a new

In this article MRK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The exterior view of the entrance to Merck headquarters in Rahway, New Jersey, on Feb. 5, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Merck on Thursday reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped expectations as it posted strong sales of its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda