Biden administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations will face major tests in 2024

[ad_1] Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna…

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…

Weight loss drugs, Alzheimer’s treatments and gene editing: Enormous firsts defined 2023 in pharma

[ad_1] Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty Images Drugmakers are closing out a year when they achieved several historic firsts that will shape the pharmaceutical industry in 2024 and beyond. …

The weight loss drug boom isn’t over yet — here’s what to expect in the year ahead

[ad_1] George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Weight loss drugs exploded into the public eye this year, and 2024 will bring more change to the evolving market.  The drugs…

Patients regain weight after stopping Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, study says

[ad_1] Eli Lilly’s drug tirzepatide was approved for weight loss by the FDA. Courtesy of Eli Lilly Patients who took Eli Lilly‘s weight loss drug Zepbound regained around half the…

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…

Pfizer’s twice-daily weight loss pill joins a long list of obesity drug flops

[ad_1] Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Pfizer’s twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill has now joined a long list of other scrapped drugs that aimed to…

Pfizer to discontinue twice-daily weight loss pill due to high rates of adverse side effects

[ad_1] CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Pfizer on Friday said it would stop developing the twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill after obese patients taking the…

Novo Nordisk sues two pharmacies for allegedly selling tainted Wegovy, Ozempic knockoffs

[ad_1] A 0.25 mg injection pen of Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Wegovy is shown in this photo in Oslo, Norway, on Aug. 31, 2023. Victoria Klesty | Reuters Novo…

Mounjaro is more effective than Ozempic for weight loss in overweight and obese adults, real world study says

[ad_1] A pharmacist displays a box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Lilly at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May…