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In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox.

In this article DXCM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Dexcom logo is seen on a smartphone screen and in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Dexcom on Tuesday announced an artificial intelligence feature for its Stelo continuous glucose monitor that gives users a personalized look into how

Shortly after the opening the bell, we will be buying 300 shares of Bristol Myers Squibb at roughly $56.50. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 1,200 shares of BMY, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to roughly 1.9% from about 1.4%. Wall Street’s stretch of bad breadth may have finally caught up

In this article WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk by a Walgreens on Nov. 3, 2024 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Shares of Walgreens jumped about 20% on Tuesday on a report that the company is in talks to sell itself to private equity firm Sycamore Partners.  Walgreens and Sycamore

In this article UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next,” in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. |

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Thursday markets: Stocks are taking a breather after Wednesday’s big surge, especially in the Nasdaq Composite and the more narrow “Magnificent Seven” cohort. The yield on

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Patients will be able to access Zepbound single-dose vials at Ro Coutesy: Ro Direct-to-consumer health-care startup Ro on Wednesday said its platform will now offer more affordable single-dose vials of the weight loss drug Zepbound through a new partnership with Eli Lilly, which aims to

In this article CI CVS UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT UnitedHealth Group signage is displayed on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of major health-care companies fell as much as 5% on Wednesday as investors feared pressure from lawmakers and

A view of the logo of Novo Nordisk at the company’s office in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, March 8, 2024.  Tom Little | Reuters 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.

A banner hanging from on overpass along the southbound lane of I-83 that says, “Deny Defend Depose Health Care 4 All.” Lloyd Fox | Baltimore Sun | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Major insurance stocks have fallen more than 6% since their closing prices last Tuesday, the day before the deadly shooting of Brian

In this article HIMS NVO NOVO.B-DK LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A production line of Wegovy injection pens for the Asian market at the Novo Nordisk A/S pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Hillerod, Denmark, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images One interpretation of the law of supply and demand

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on

In this article UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Courtesy: UnitedHealth Group Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group‘s insurance unit, was fatally shot outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning in what appears to be “a brazen, targeted attack,” the New York Police Department said.

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK GDRX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk.  Reuters Prescription fills for blockbuster weight loss drugs in the U.S. more than doubled in 2024, even with limited insurance coverage

In this article GEHC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, on May 17, 2023. Mario Tama | 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

We’re buying 300 shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb at roughly $58 each. Following Wednesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 900 shares of BMY, increasing its weighting to about 1.5% from 1%. Shares of pharmaceutical maker Bristol-Myers have dropped about 3% in the past two days in the absence of any real news. The stock

New trial data has cemented Club holding Eli Lilly ‘s pole position in the highly competitive obesity drug race. The news Eli Lilly’s obesity drug Zepbound bested its main rival Wegovy — made by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk — in the first head-to-head trial comparing the fast-growing weight loss treatments. Patients on Zepound lost an average

In this article NOVO.B-DK LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk.  Reuters Eli Lilly on Wednesday said its obesity drug Zepbound led to more weight loss than its main rival, Novo Nordisk‘s Wegovy,

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a democratic presidential candidate, attends the U.S Conference of Mayors 88th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C, January 22, 2020. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Billionaire and public health advocate Mike Bloomberg on Tuesday excoriated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for U.S. health

In this article AMGN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 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