Walgreens to go private in $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners

The Walgreens logo is displayed at a Walgreens store on October 15, 2024 in San Rafael, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Struggling drugstore chain Walgreens is going private.  The company on Thursday said it inked a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners that will take it off the public market for an equity … Read more

Ozempic helps curb alcohol use in new study

Steve Christo | Corbis News | 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. Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic may also help people drink less alcohol.  That’s according to new government-funded research … Read more

Sickle cell gene therapies push health plans toward new payment models

Starting in his early teens, Deshawn “DJ” Chow wasn’t sure he’d ever be able to live a normal life. Crushing pain episodes brought on by his sickle cell disease were getting progressively worse.    “It’s just been hard skipping school and always being in and out of the hospital,” the 19-year-old said. “And just severe … Read more

CVS earnings: (CVS) stock rises

The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 7, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images After a dismal 2024, CVS Health could be starting to turn itself around.  Some investors seem convinced, especially after the retail drugstore chain on … Read more