Eli Lilly CEO says company can help ‘respond’ to national security concerns around essential drugs as tariffs loom

Eli Lilly CEO says company can help ‘respond’ to national security concerns around essential drugs as tariffs loom

CEO of Eli Lilly and Company David Ricks speaks at the Economic Club of New York on March 12, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks on Thursday said the drugmaker can help “respond” to national security concerns around cheaper essential medicines as pharmaceutical-specific tariffs loom.  The … Read more

CVS to boost access to Novo Nordisk’s weight loss treatment Wegovy for patients on its drug plans

CVS to boost access to Novo Nordisk’s weight loss treatment Wegovy for patients on its drug plans

The “Wegovy” brand slimming syringe is sold in the Achat pharmacy in Mitte. The “Wegovy” slimming syringe has been available in Germany for a year. Jens Kalaene | Picture Alliance | Getty Images CVS Health on Thursday said it will significantly expand access to the blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy for patients covered by its … Read more

Eli Lilly sales soar 45% on weight loss drug demand, but drugmaker cuts profit outlook after cancer treatment deal

Eli Lilly sales soar 45% on weight loss drug demand, but drugmaker cuts profit outlook after cancer treatment deal

Eli Lilly on Thursday reported first-quarter revenue and earnings that topped estimates as demand for its weight loss and diabetes drugs soared, but lowered its full-year profit guidance due to charges related to a recent cancer treatment deal. The pharmaceutical giant now expects its adjusted fiscal 2025 earnings to come in between $20.78 and $22.28 … Read more

CVS tops estimates, hikes guidance as insurance business shows some improvement

CVS tops estimates, hikes guidance as insurance business shows some improvement

CVS Pharmacy logo is seen in Washington DC, United States on July 9, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images CVS Health on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates and hiked its guidance, as its troubled insurance business showed some improvement during the period.  Shares of CVS were up 7% in … Read more

Epic Systems expands EHR market share lead over Oracle Health

Epic Systems expands EHR market share lead over Oracle Health

The eponymous sign outside Epic headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin. Source: Yiem via Wikipedia CC Epic Systems, the biggest electronic health records (EHR) vendor, notched its largest ever net gain in hospital market share on record in 2024, widening its lead over rival Oracle, according to a report from Klas Research on Wednesday. Epic added a … Read more

Teladoc buys mental health company UpLift to help boost struggling BetterHelp unit

Teladoc buys mental health company UpLift to help boost struggling BetterHelp unit

Teladoc Health Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 31, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Virtual care provider Teladoc Health, which has seen its market value plummet over the past five years, said Wednesday that it acquired mental health company UpLift for $30 million in cash. … Read more

RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities

RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities

Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building, after it was reported that the Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS, … Read more

Pfizer CEO says tariff uncertainty is deterring further U.S. investment in manufacturing, R&D

Pfizer CEO says tariff uncertainty is deterring further U.S. investment in manufacturing, R&D

Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City, U.S., May 22, 2024.  Andrew Kelly | Reuters Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday said uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs is deterring the company from further investing in U.S. manufacturing and … Read more

Novo Nordisk opens weight loss drug Wegovy to telehealth; Hims & Hers shares rocket 30%

Novo Nordisk opens weight loss drug Wegovy to telehealth; Hims & Hers shares rocket 30%

The “Wegovy” brand slimming syringe is sold in the Achat pharmacy in Mitte. The “Wegovy” slimming syringe has been available in Germany for a year. Jens Kalaene | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Novo Nordisk on Tuesday said it will offer its weight loss drug Wegovy through telehealth providers Hims & Hers Health, Ro and … Read more

Pfizer expands cost cuts, tops quarterly profit estimates even as sales fall

Pfizer expands cost cuts, tops quarterly profit estimates even as sales fall

The Pfizer logo is seen outside the pharmaceutical company’s manufacturing plant, in Newbridge, Ireland February 10, 2025.  Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Pfizer on Tuesday expanded its cost-cutting efforts and reported first-quarter profit that topped estimates, even as the company’s sales fell, largely due to dwindling revenue for its antiviral Covid pill Paxlovid. The company previously … Read more