Shares of Hims & Hers Health closed down around 26% on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic. Those medications are part of a class of drugs called … Read more
Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy. Hollie Adams | Reuters The long-running U.S. shortage of Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster weight loss injection Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic is resolved after more than two years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA’s decision will threaten the … Read more
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Down Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company UnitedHealthcare is shown in Cypress, California April 13, 2016. Mike Blake | Reuters UnitedHealthcare is in hot water again as the insurance giant grapples with a reported government investigation of its Medicare billing practices, pursues employee buyouts and potential layoffs, and … Read more
A general view outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters on December 4, 2024 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images UnitedHealthcare is offering certain employees in its benefits operations unit the option to accept buyouts if they quit by March 3, following a tumultuous year for the insurance giant, CNBC has learned. Those who … Read more
Moderna on Friday posted fourth-quarter revenue that beat estimates, but lost more than expected for the period, as the biotech company continues to slash costs and demand for its Covid vaccine falls. It marks another quarter of growing pains for the company, which is racing to launch new products and recover from the rapid decline … Read more
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