Healthcare

Healthcare

Eli Lilly Widens Access to Weight-Loss Injectable as Lower-Cost Pill Nears Approval

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Just 20% of firms with 200 or more workers said they covered GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, according to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.

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Neurotech Startup Treating Blindness Nabs $1.5 Billion Valuation

Science Corp., a brain-implant startup developing a device that can enable blind people to see again, just raised $230 million from investors.

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Locking in Locks: Pharma Develops New Treatments to Prevent Hair Loss

As the GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have proven, there’s a lot of money to be made in helping people look good and feel good.

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Gilead Strikes $7.8 Billion Deal for Control of Cancer Biotech Arcellx

The pharma giant already held an 11.5% stake as part of a 2022 effort to co-develop and co-commercialize the cancer treatment anito-cel.

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Healthcare

Moderna Spikes After FDA’s About-Face on mRNA Flu Vaccine

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Just last week, the agency rejected Moderna’s initial application, citing flaws in the company’s research design.

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Healthcare

Johnson & Johnson Crushes Patent, Pricing Probs

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The company is vying to become the first among its healthcare peers to make $100 billion in annual revenue.

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Healthcare

Biotech Bill Bundled in Pentagon Spending Plan May Worsen Pharma’s Patent Cliff Dilemma

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The next few years of projected revenues in the pharma space have more holes in them than industry CEOs’ favorite golf courses.

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