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Weight loss drugs could be a gamechanger for women with a common hormonal disorder

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Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images For well over a decade, Grace Hamilton, 27, experienced hair loss, heavy periods, infrequent menstrual cycles, mental health issues and difficulty losing weight without knowing why. It wasn’t until 2023 when she was diagnosed with…

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Trump drops Biden’s proposal for Medicare to cover obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound

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A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk.  Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday dropped a Biden administration proposal to have Medicare cover obesity drugs, including popular but costly GLP-1 treatments such as Novo Nordisk‘s Wegovy and Eli Lilly‘s Zepbound. But the Centers…

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Hims & Hers faces scrutiny from senators on Super Bowl ad that ‘risks misleading’ patients

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Hims & Hers is facing scrutiny from lawmakers over an advertisement for its weight loss offerings that’s slated to run during the Super Bowl on Sunday. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday expressing concerns over an “upcoming advertisement” that “risks misleading…

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Healthy Returns: Biotech and pharma M&A is off to a good start in 2025 — but will it last?

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The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) on Dec. 5th, 2023. NYSE Group 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. I’m back in New York City after spending nearly a…

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Amgen says obesity drug caused up to 20% weight loss after a year, with no plateau

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The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, on May 17, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images Amgen on Tuesday said its experimental weight loss injection helped patients with obesity lose up to 20% of their weight on average after a year in a critical mid-stage trial, as the company races…

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Healthy Returns: Weight loss drug race heats up with pill data from Viking Therapeutics, AstraZeneca

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Aykut Karahan | Istock | 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 Friday! Buried in the election news this week was new data from drugmakers vying to enter the booming weight…

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FTC sues drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices

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Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Friday sued three large U.S. health companies that negotiate insulin prices, arguing the…

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Healthy Returns: Eli Lilly could soon become the first $1 trillion health-care stock

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A sign with the company logo outside the headquarters of Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | 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. Earlier this…

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Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug slashes the risk of developing diabetes in long-term trial

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Eli Lilly’s highly popular weight loss drug reduced the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 94% in obese or overweight adults with prediabetes compared with a placebo, according to initial results from a long-term study released Tuesday.  The late-stage trial on tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the company’s weight loss injection Zepbound and diabetes…

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Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro now available in U.S. after shortages, FDA says

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An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters All doses of Eli Lilly’s highly popular weight loss injection Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro are now available in the U.S., according to an update on the U.S. Food and Drug…

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