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AI Wants to be the Future of Drug Discovery

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Novo Nordisk on Wednesday announced an expanded deal with healthtech firm Valo Health to use AI to fuel drug discovery.

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Merck Cautiously Enters GLP-1 Fray Via Licensing Deal With Chinese Drugmaker

By licensing a drug from Hansoh, Merck signaled that it isn’t prepared to fully challenge its rivals’ dominance in the GLP-1 space.

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Novo Nordisk’s Doing Brilliantly, Just Not Brilliantly Enough

Novo Nordisk reported earnings, posting some chunky year-over-year growth and far outperforming its only real rival at the moment, Eli Lilly.

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Study Suggests Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic May Help Alcoholism, Opioid Addiction

A new study suggests increasingly popular GLP-1 drugs could help cut opioid and alcohol abuse nearly in half.

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Eli Lilly’s Weight-Loss Drug Finally Off FDA Shortage List

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The Food and Drug Administration declared an end to the scarcity of Eli Lilly’s highly in-demand weight-loss and diabetes drugs on Thursday.

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Hims & Hers Stock Jumps On New Discount Weight-Loss Drug Offering

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A loophole lets the company create a back-door offering of a generic drug before the patents of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly expire.

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