life sciences

To Pay for Weight Loss Drugs, Some Take Second Jobs, Ring Up Credit-Card Debts

Some people are paying more than $10,000 a year for Ozempic and Mounjaro. Source link

1 year ago

Amgen's Deal for Horizon Therapeutics Clears Key Hurdle

The Federal Trade Commission said it had agreed to end its legal challenge of the $27.8 billion deal. The pact…

1 year ago

FTC Pauses Challenge to Amgen's $27.8 Billion Deal for Horizon Therapeutics

The move gives the agency time to weigh a settlement that would allow the deal to close with conditions. Source…

1 year ago

Teva Agrees to Pay $225 Million to Settle U.S. Price-Fixing Charges

The generic drugmaker’s U.S. unit also must sell the drug line for cholesterol treatment pravastatin. Source link

1 year ago

Ozempic Settles the Obesity Debate: It's Biology Over Willpower

Weight-loss drugs affect the brain in ways that help researchers understand how the body regulates weight. Source link

2 years ago

Could Scientist Find Drug to Treat His Own Disease?

How a researcher’s 12-year journey to a new Bristol-Myers psoriasis medicine became personal: “You have hopes and daydreams almost in…

2 years ago

Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Cuts Heart Risk in New Study

Novo Nordisk’s anti-obesity drug reduced people’s risk of suffering heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths by 20%. Source link

2 years ago

Drug Shortages Are a Boon to One Industry: Compounding Pharmacies

Hospitals increasingly rely on a sector that can start making drugs without FDA approval—and investment is pouring in. Source link

2 years ago

Efforts to Spotlight Private Equity's Healthcare Stakes Struggle for Traction

Congress and regulatory agencies have made scant headway in requiring medical companies to reveal owners. Source link

2 years ago

Pfizer’s Covid Boost Crashes to Earth

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