Health
October 15, 2024
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Walgreens says it will close 1,200 stores by 2027, as earnings top estimates

A sign sits in front of a Walgreens store on November 10, 2023 in Wheeling, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images Walgreens on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter sales and adjusted profit that beat Wall Street’s expectations, as the company slashes costs in an attempt to steer itself out of a rough spot. The retail drugstore […]

Health
October 15, 2024
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Eli Lilly to trial use of weight loss drugs to combat unemployment in UK

LONDON — U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is exploring whether obesity drugs could be used to curb joblessness after signing a major investment deal with the U.K. The weight-loss treatment firm and creator of Zepbound announced Monday that it would commit £279 million ($364 million) to help tackle Britain’s significant health challenges — including obesity. […]

Health
October 10, 2024
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Former Pfizer CEO, finance chief step back from Starboard's activist campaign

Ian Read, chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer, speaks as President Donald Trump, left, listens during an announcement on a new pharmaceutical glass packaging initiative in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2017.  Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Pfizer CEO Ian Read and ex-CFO Frank […]

Health
October 09, 2024
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CVS, UnitedHealth say FTC should take Lina Khan and two commissioners off drug middlemen case

FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Trade Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.  Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group are demanding Federal Trade Commission Chair […]

Health
October 08, 2024
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Healthy Returns: What activist Starboard's $1 billion stake means for Pfizer

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | 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. Happy Tuesday! Pfizer‘s troubles may finally be coming to a head.  Former executives of the pharmaceutical giant are backing a […]

Health
October 01, 2024
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Healthy Returns: Pfizer pulls sickle cell disease drug from markets – here’s why it matters

Kena Betancur | 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. Hello and happy Tuesday! Today, we’re unpacking a shocking move from Pfizer.  The pharmaceutical giant last week announced it […]

Business
September 26, 2024
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FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb's schizophrenia drug, the first new type of treatment in decades

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Cobenfy drug Courtesy: Bristol Myers Squibb The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol Myers Squibb‘s highly anticipated schizophrenia drug Cobenfy, the first novel type of treatment for the debilitating, chronic mental disorder in more than seven decades.  Schizophrenia affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves, and can cause paranoia, […]