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CVS Health saw its shares dip about 6% even though it handily beat Wall Street’s expectations for the most recent quarter and raised its guidance for 2026 earnings. The issue was the company’s unusually early commentary about 2027.

The benchmark US stock measures were trending higher in Wednesday's premarket activity amid growing

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Knorr-Bremse AG (KNRRY) achieves highest quarterly operating EBIT margin in five and a half years, while launching a 'Growth Beyond' strategy targeting EUR10 billion in revenue by 2030.

Viatris (VTRS) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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Humana reports earnings Wednesday after its stock surged this year on improving confidence in Medicare Advantage insurers. Investors will be watching medical costs and the company’s outlook.

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CVS Group (LON:CVSG) said revenue for the financial year ended June 30 exceeded GBP 710 million, up 5.9% from the prior year, as the veterinary services provider used an investor presentation to reiterate its capital allocation policy and outline expected returns from acquisitions and capital invest

Since its obesity pill Foundayo hit the market in April, Lilly has captured about 11% of the prescription volume for new pills, according to the latest weekly data. Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill, which launched in January, commands the rest. It is a remarkable turn of events for the near $80 billion anti-obesity market, among the hottest in the industry.

The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with CVS Health’s pharmacy benefit manager business on Tuesday, the agency’s second major agreement this year with drug industry middlemen. Pharmacy-benefit managers, or PBMs, play a key role in negotiating with drug companies and selecting which prescription drugs will be covered by an insurance plan. In litigation filed in 2024 during the Biden administration, the commission alleged that rebates and fees collected by major PBMs from drug manufacturers artificially inflated the price of insulin.

After a rocky start to the year, health insurer stocks have roared back. The insurers are trying to end a difficult cycle that began about three years ago, when healthcare use, and the costs to cover it, accelerated postpandemic. The fund’s top 10 holdings encompass six health insurers, three of which— UnitedHealth Group Aetna parent CVS Health and Elevance Health —comprise more than 40% of the fund.

CVS Health is scheduled to post its second-quarter results in August, and analysts project a single-digit earnings rise.

The settlement could be the end of a long legal saga for Omnicare, which filed for bankruptcy last year after a judge ordered the company to pay nearly $950 million for fraudulently billing government health programs.

David Joyner’s assurances, which come about a month before CVS is scheduled to report its second quarter results, will likely be welcomed by investors wary after a difficult few years for insurers.

Before the stock surged, management laid out a turnaround plan for its Aetna unit that was so explicit, they practically put a price tag on it.

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Nike announced a CFO transition and said fourth-quarter results remain on track, excluding a one-time tariff refund benefit.

When Rite Aid, a major pharmacy retailer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a second time in 2025, it led to the shuttering of its 1,250 locations. Over time, many were sold to competitors like CVS and Walgreens, and some spaces were taken up by retailers such as Kroger and Albertsons. But some ...

Over the past six months, CVS Health has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 20%. Its stock price has climbed to $100.39, representing a healthy 26.4% increase. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.

Federal investigators raised concerns about how Medicare Advantage plans handle requests for post-hospital recovery care, finding that many denials were later overturned on appeal. Two reports from the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services...

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.

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.

Three major hospital systems have accused CVS of allegedly diverting hundreds of millions from the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.87%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -0.16%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers' most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee. The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for Prime members, is rapidly opening small order-processing hubs in dozens of U.S. and foreign cities to cater to shoppers who can't or don't want to wait for cough medicine to relieve flu symptoms or tomatoes for tonight's dinner salad. The ultrafast service, called Amazon Now, first launched in India last June.