Healthcare

Healthcare

WeightWatchers May Be No Match for Obesity-Drug Craze

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After a solid 2023, shares of WW International just experienced their worst month ever, falling nearly 60% amid signs of waning demand.

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Healthcare

Pharma Companies Have Hiked Prices on Nearly 800 Drugs in 2024

Many of the medicines are the most popular in the sector, including popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro.

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Healthcare

Big Pharma Uses Subsidies for Rare Diseases to Develop Blockbuster Drugs

The US government designed a program to incentivize the development of treatments for rare tropical diseases. Big Pharma had other plans.

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Healthcare

Pfizer Built a Covid Empire, But the World Has Moved On

Pfizer’s stock slumped its lowest level in more than 10 years. The world’s moved on from the pandemic, and nobody loves you when you’re down.

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M&A

Cigna and Humana Call Off Their Merger

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Following merger discussions two weeks ago, Humana and Cigna are walking away from what would’ve been the largest deal of the year.

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M&A

Roche Elbows into Weight-Loss Drug Market Via M&A

Roche agreed Monday to acquire anti-obesity drug developer Carmot Therapeutics for an appetizing $3.1 billion.

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Healthcare

Cigna, Humana Eyeing a Merger

In a bid to scale up against larger rivals, health insurance players Cigna and Humana are reportedly in talks over a possible merger.

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Big Tech

Amazon’s Healthcare Dreams Are Fractured

Amazon, along with its Big Tech brethren, has long been trying to break into the healthcare market. But it’s not going as planned.

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Indicators

Healthcare Hiring Boom Buoys Job Market

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A white-hot healthcare sector powered an much of the job growth in the past six months, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

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Healthcare

Moderna Takes $1.3 Billion Hit From Sluggish Covid Vaccine Uptake

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Moderna posted a quarterly loss of $3.63 billion, half of which was accounted for by unused Covid-19 shots past their expiration date.

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Healthcare

Corporate America is Fretting the Rising Costs of Employee Healthcare

Health insurance costs are expected to surge by as much as 6.5% next year, according to a recent survey from consulting firm Mercer.

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Healthcare

Pharma Giants Combine Forces to Fight New M&A Rules

Some of pharma’s biggest players — including Merck, Amgen, Abbvie, and Gilead — formed an alliance to fight looming M&A reforms.

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Smartwatch Patent May Show That It Wants Your Health Data

A new patent reveals details about a Meta-branded smartwatch.

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