Eli Lilly’s direct drug sales alone may not upend the industry, but others could follow suit

[ad_1] Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Eli Lilly is shaking up the pharmaceutical industry with a new website offering telehealth prescriptions and direct home delivery of certain drugs,…

Here are the big health sector themes to watch next year

[ad_1] An employee works on the production line of pharmaceutical company Zentiva in Prague, Czech Republic, May 6, 2021. David W. Cerny | Reuters The health-care sector has wiped out…

Cigna shares jump on reports of abandoned Humana buyout, plans for $10 billion stock buyback

[ad_1] Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Cigna jumped Monday following reports that the health-care giant has scrapped its plans to buy rival Humana due to disagreements…

CVS to change how it prices prescription drugs with new pharmacy reimbursement model

[ad_1] A person walks by a CVS pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters CVS Health on Tuesday said it will revamp how…

Eli Lilly weight loss drug Zepbound now available at pharmacies as rival Wegovy faces shortages

[ad_1] The FDA approves Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, a weight loss drug similar to Ozempic and Wegovy. Courtesy: Eli Lilly Eli Lilly on Tuesday said its recently approved weight loss treatment…

Cigna shares slide after report it could merge with Humana

[ad_1] The Cigna Group headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut, US, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.  BlooJoe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Cigna slid on Wednesday after a report…

Walgreens names veteran health-care executive Tim Wentworth as next CEO

[ad_1] Tim Wentworth, former CEO of Express Scripts. Getty Images Walgreens Boots Alliance has chosen veteran health care executive Tim Wentworth as the company’s new chief executive. Wentworth is the…

CVS stock plunges after Blue Shield of California drops retailer’s pharmacy services to save on drug costs

[ad_1] A CVS location in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of CVS Health plunged 9% on Thursday after Blue…

How hospitals are using A.I. to fight doctor burnout

[ad_1] When Dr. Tra’chella Johnson Foy greets her patients, she sits across from them facing away from the computer in the exam room. Then, she pulls out her phone, and…

Biden proposal to cap all insulin prices at $35 a month has little chance of passing Congress

[ad_1] President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7, 2023 Pool | Getty Images President Joe Biden used the…