Healthcare

Healthcare

Eli Lilly’s Miracle Weight Loss Pill May Not Be Miraculous Enough

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Lilly’s second-quarter results reported Thursday were still more than fine: $15.5 billion in revenue beat Wall Street estimates.

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Pfizer Pops Despite Looming Pharma Tariffs

The tariff threat come just a few days after the White House sent letters to major drugmakers demanding slashed prices for US patients.

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UnitedHealth Provides Painful 2025 Prognosis Amid Spiraling Treatment Costs

Staffing shortages, rising prescription drug use, and costly new therapies have driven inflation in the medical sector.

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mRNA Research by IBM, Moderna Shows Quantum’s Present-Day Uses

“We’re pushing the boundaries of the size of the problems we can look at with quantum.”

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WeightWatchers Returns With a Plan for the New GLP-1 World

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Weight Watchers went bankrupt in May, but now it promises it’s trimmed the fat off its books and is ready to rejoin the Nasdaq.

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Philips Patent Leverages AI to Make Healthcare More Predictable

This patent isn’t the first time we’ve seen AI make inroads into healthcare.

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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Treatment Wins First of Its Kind FDA Blessing to Treat Lung Cancer

Like many other major pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is facing a series of patent cliffs for key treatments in its portfoilio.

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Novo Nordisk Backs Away From Hims & Hers Partnership

Novo and Hims’ April team-up turned the two firms from competitors into collaborators at just the right moment.

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Media & Entertainment

Proposed Crackdown on Pharma Ads Leaves Cable TV Fearing $10B Withdrawal

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The US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical companies to directly advertise to patients on TV.

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Healthcare

COVID Vaccine Makers Catch a Break in FDA Policy Shift

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Moderna is counting on revenue from newer mRNA vaccines, including a next generation Covid shot, to make up for falling sales.

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