Eli Lilly to boost output of weight loss, diabetes, Alzheimer’s drugs

Eli Lilly to boost output of weight loss, diabetes, Alzheimer’s drugs

A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Eli Lilly on Thursday said it will invest $1.8 billion to boost manufacturing for its newly approved Alzheimer’s drug and highly popular weight loss and diabetes treatments, among other medicines, … Read more

57 million privately insured adults eligible for GLP-1s

57 million privately insured adults eligible for GLP-1s

Weight loss syringes of the brands “Wegovy”, “Ozempic” and “Mounjaro” are sold at In der Achat Apotheke in Mitte, Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future … Read more

Eli Lilly could become the first $1 trillion healthcare stock

Eli Lilly could become the first  trillion healthcare stock

A sign with the company logo outside the headquarters of Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Earlier this … Read more

Weight loss drugs cut Covid-19 deaths, study finds

Weight loss drugs cut Covid-19 deaths, study finds

People taking the key component of blockbuster weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy were less likely to die of Covid-19 or suffer adverse effects from the virus, researchers found in a new study. People who were already being treated with a 2.4 mg dose of the drug semaglutide — the active ingredient in pharma titan … Read more

Eli Lilly releases new, cheaper form of weight loss drug

Eli Lilly releases new, cheaper form of weight loss drug

An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eli Lilly on Tuesday released a new form of its weight loss drug Zepbound for roughly half its usual monthly list price to reach millions of patients without insurance coverage for … Read more

Sesame to offer compounded Wegovy through weight loss program

Sesame to offer compounded Wegovy through weight loss program

Health-care marketplace Sesame on Wednesday announced a new clinical weight loss program that will help eligible consumers access compounded versions of Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy for $249 per month. Sesame allows patients to book and pay for appointments with doctors and specialists directly through its website, so it cuts out middlemen such as … Read more

Eli Lilly weight loss drug cuts risk of developing diabetes in trial

Eli Lilly weight loss drug cuts risk of developing diabetes in trial

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024.  Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly’s highly popular weight loss drug reduced the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 94% in obese or overweight adults with pre-diabetes compared to … Read more

What’s next for Biden’s Medicare drug price negotiations

What’s next for Biden’s Medicare drug price negotiations

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris walk out together, at an event on Medicare drug price negotiations, in Prince George’s County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024.  Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday reached a milestone in Democrats’ decades-long quest to use Medicare to drive down prescription drug costs, releasing … Read more

Medicare releases prices for first 10 drugs subject to negotiations

Medicare releases prices for first 10 drugs subject to negotiations

Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The Biden administration on Thursday will release prices for the first 10 prescription drugs that were subject to landmark negotiations between drugmakers and … Read more

Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk weight loss drugs

Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk weight loss drugs

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen, March 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have so far dominated the booming market for a class of weight loss and diabetes drugs.  … Read more