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Sickle cell gene therapies offer new hope, but access remains a major challenge

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This microscope photo provided on Oct. 25, 2023, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows crescent-shaped red blood cells from a sickle cell disease patient in 1972. Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people…

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Trump administration removes around 760,000 Obamacare enrollments, alleging fraud

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An Obamacare sign is displayed outside an insurance agency on Nov. 12, 2025, in Miami. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Tuesday it canceled roughly 315,000 Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollments covering about 760,000 people last month, alleging unauthorized enrollments, characterized by Vice…

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A rare disease is taking his vision. A gene therapy could help — if he can get it

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Judy and Courtney Stecker with their sons, Read (left) and Wheeler (right). Judy and Courtney Stecker CNBC Cures is proudly underwritten by Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, whose support enables our journalism to elevate stories that advance research, innovation and patient care in rare diseases. If any parents should be able to help their sick child,…

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FDA approves daily HIV pill from Gilead designed to simplify treatment for some patients

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The Food and Drug Administration approved a once-daily HIV pill from Gilead that could help simplify care for some patients, the company announced Thursday.  The drug, marketed as Bixlenvo, is aimed at patients whose virus is already under control but who remain on complicated treatment regimens. It could also appeal to those who simply want…

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Japan to announce Tokyo, Washington took joint action on yen, sources say | The Express Tribune

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Finance minister Satsuki Katayama reportedly to confirm move Monday, first such effort since 2011 Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama will announce on Monday that Tokyo and Washington took joint action in the currency market to arrest the yen’s slide to 40-year lows, two Japanese government officials told Reuters. Katayama is likely to stress the two countries’ determination to combat what they consider…

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Novo Nordisk shares dive after heart medicine fails trial, dealing another blow to its pipeline

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Shares of Novo Nordisk fell as much as 10% on Friday after the drugmaker said a late-stage heart drug trial failed to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events, or MACE, compared to a placebo. While the experimental medicine, ziltivekimab, did show some biological effect, it didn’t translate into a statistically meaningful reduction in MACE, defined as…

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Fat cat? Weight-loss drugs may be coming for your overweight pet

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A beautiful, but over weight Maine Coon Cat gets measured around the belly by a vet. Ryersonclark | E+ | Getty Images Felix is five years old, loves food, and refuses to lose weight. His owner, Amy in Dallas, has tried cutting back on meals, but with two cats in the house, “he just gobbles…

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Jim Cramer says this former Covid market darling is finally investable again

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Moderna’s expanding pipeline beyond infectious diseases is giving investors a new reason to own the stock after years of uncertainty following the Covid-19 pandemic, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “For the first time in a long time, the company seems like it has something to get excited about,” the “Mad Money” host said, before advising…

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AstraZeneca CEO says AI is reshaping drug development — and helping boost the odds of success

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AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said artificial intelligence is helping drugmakers develop medicines faster and make smarter decisions throughout the research process. “The value of AI in our industry is productivity improvement,” Soriot said on CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Friday. “In the way you design a new medicine, a new drug, you can actually do it…

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