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July 9 (Reuters) - Shares of Dr Reddy's Laboratories fell as much as 6.5% on Thursday, after the Indian drugmaker said it is delaying commercial supplies of semaglutide due to an issue related to the

Eli Lilly shares hit a record high Tuesday after IPO stock Kailera Therapeutics posted lackluster test results for its weight-loss pill.

July 7 (Reuters) - The weight-loss drug market is booming, with biotech firms racing to capture a slice of a fast-growing sector dominated by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.

Medicare is now covering weight-loss drugs for some seniors, in a win for patients. For Wall Street, the math is trickier.

Millions of Medicare beneficiaries will gain access to obesity drugs for the first time starting Wednesday under CMS’ temporary Bridge program, a federal initiative designed to expand GLP-1 obesity drug coverage for eligible seniors at a $50 monthly copay. The...

Earnings are coming up for Nike as the company tries to engineer a turnaround, but Nike stock continues to plumb 52-week lows.

June 19 (Reuters) - European shares inched higher on Friday, aided by gains in energy and healthcare stocks as investors remained cautious after U.S.-Iran negotiations to end the Middle conflict

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Asian shares reversed course and fell on Friday as investors took some money off the table from record rallies in Japan and South Korea, while signs of an

Johnson & Johnson has no plans to enter the booming obesity market, opting instead to focus on diseases such as cancer, CEO Joaquin Duato said in an interview for an upcoming episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations. The comments set J&J apart from many of its rivals that are trying to develop or acquire obesity medicines following blockbuster weight-loss drugs from Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk.

European stock markets closed mostly higher Wednesday as the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.5%, the Swiss

The European stock markets were modestly higher in Tuesday trading as the markets reacted positively

Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment on SPY and QQQ has remained ‘bearish’ despite the recent rally.

The U.K. regulator is the third regulatory authority to license the medicine as the Danish drugmaker seeks to regain its lead in the obesity market.

Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it has ‌identified a security incident involving ‌unauthorized access to a limited number ​of internal IT systems. The company's core business operations are not impacted and remain ​up ‌and running, it added.

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By Chris Prentice and Maggie Fick NEW YORK/LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly has solidified its leading position in the booming market for obesity drugs ahead of a wave of possible new entrants to

The Danish drugmaker said the pill hit one million prescriptions 12 weeks after reaching U.S. pharmacies and online providers, and reached a further two million prescriptions in the following 10 weeks.

Danske Bank lifts Denmark outlook again as Novo Nordisk demand supports export growth.

Eli Lilly shares are on pace to hit a new all-time closing high on news of increased insurance coverage for its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound. Lilly shares were recently up 4.4% to $1,130.90. Pharmacy-benefit manager CVS Caremark decided to add back Lilly’s Zepbound weight-loss drug to its lists of preferred drugs.

Small biotech firms "latch onto" AI more quickly than bigger firms, the head of ‌Chinese tech giant Tencent's healthcare division said on ‌Thursday, as more businesses embrace AI to improve efficiency. Pharmaceutical companies are also increasingly ​turning to AI to accelerate research and development, betting on new modeling tools and automated labs to improve efficiency and slash costs as well as drug development timelines. Drugmakers including Novo Nordisk ‌and Eli Lilly have ⁠announced AI-related collaborations with technology firms.

May 28 () - CVS Health said on Thursday it will add Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug Zepbound back to some ‌of its drug lists as an additional preferred option ‌for insurance coverage. Caremark, CVS' pharmacy benefit management unit, had dropped Zepbound from coverage ​on July 1 last year, while continuing to reimburse for rival Novo Nordisk's Wegovy after negotiating a more favorable price from the Danish drugmaker.

Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) faces a demanding customer acquisition challenge to hit its 2026 revenue guidance amid rising churn risks tied to its oral Wegovy subscription model, Bank of America said. Analysts estimate HIMS would need to add approximately 225,000 new oral Wegovy...

European stock markets closed higher Friday as the Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.7%, Germany's DAX 40 clim

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.5% and the actively trad

By Sriparna Roy May 21 (Reuters) - Hims & Hers Health said on Thursday it is now offering Canadians with type 2 diabetes a generic version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's

LONDON/NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Lower prices for weight-loss pills from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are prompting patients to switch from compounded medications to branded Wegovy and Foundayo, according to Reuters interviews with nine U. Prices for the lowest doses of both Novo's oral Wegovy and Lilly's Foundayo tend to be lower than for their injected obesity ‌medicines, and at par with those offered by pharmacies that mix the ingredients themselves and make compounded versions.

Novo Nordisk-linked pharmaceutical strength helped Denmark post a fourth straight quarter of economic expansion.

Emerging research shows there are ‘super-responders’ to GLP-1 drugs, and others who don’t respond at all.

Baxfendy gained FDA clearance for uncontrolled hypertension patients as AstraZeneca expands its cardiovascular and metabolic portfolio.

There's a new challenger to the more established players in the weight-loss drug space.