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Psychedelic Biotech Firms Record Major Fundraising Mark

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The growing sector scored its second-highest month ever for total money-raising.

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Healthcare

Novo Nordisk Drops $11 Billion to Expand Weight-Loss Drug Production

The company, now one of Europe’s biggest, is trying to keep supply up with still-astronomical demand.

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Healthcare

WeightWatchers May Be No Match for Obesity-Drug Craze

After a solid 2023, shares of WW International just experienced their worst month ever, falling nearly 60% amid signs of waning demand.

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Healthcare

Pharma Companies Have Hiked Prices on Nearly 800 Drugs in 2024

Many of the medicines are the most popular in the sector, including popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro.

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Healthcare

Big Pharma Uses Subsidies for Rare Diseases to Develop Blockbuster Drugs

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The US government designed a program to incentivize the development of treatments for rare tropical diseases. Big Pharma had other plans.

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Healthcare

Cigna, Humana Eyeing a Merger

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In a bid to scale up against larger rivals, health insurance players Cigna and Humana are reportedly in talks over a possible merger.

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Big Tech

Amazon’s Healthcare Dreams Are Fractured

Amazon, along with its Big Tech brethren, has long been trying to break into the healthcare market. But it’s not going as planned.

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Indicators

Healthcare Hiring Boom Buoys Job Market

A white-hot healthcare sector powered an much of the job growth in the past six months, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

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Healthcare

CRISPR Gene Therapy Gets First-Ever Regulatory OK

Casgevy, a CRISPR gene-editing therapy, has been authorized by UK authorities to treat people with two blood diseases..

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Industries

The Brain Tech Business Keeps Getting Buzzier

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The neural interface market is full of startups vying to put technology into the human brain, but which will actually make brains a business?

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Healthcare

Amazon Offers Prime Members a Discount For its Posh Healthcare Service

Amazon said Wednesday it plans to offer Prime subscribers low-cost annual memberships to its boutique One Medical primary care business.

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Healthcare

Moderna Takes $1.3 Billion Hit From Sluggish Covid Vaccine Uptake

Moderna posted a quarterly loss of $3.63 billion, half of which was accounted for by unused Covid-19 shots past their expiration date.

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Healthcare

Corporate America is Fretting the Rising Costs of Employee Healthcare

Health insurance costs are expected to surge by as much as 6.5% next year, according to a recent survey from consulting firm Mercer.

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