Category: Health

  • Eli Lilly (LLY) Q1 Income 2023

    Eli Lilly (LLY) Q1 Income 2023

    Medical bottles and syringes with the logo of Eli Lilly and Company are seen on a screen in the background in this illustrative photo taken in Krakow, Poland, on November 10, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Eli LilliFirst-quarter results missed expectations on Thursday, but the drug company raised its full-year guidance. Before…

  • Medicare will take over Alzheimer’s remedy Leqembi after FDA approval

    Medicare will take over Alzheimer’s remedy Leqembi after FDA approval

    Chiquita Brooks-LaSure testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during her nomination hearing for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Caroline Brehmann | CQ Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Medicare will cover new Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi for all patients eligible under the drug’s label when…

  • Illumina plans to chop prices because it faces shrinking margins

    Illumina plans to chop prices because it faces shrinking margins

    A building on the Illumina World Headquarters campus is shown on September 1, 2021 in San Diego, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Enlightenment on Tuesday unveiled cost-cutting plans to improve the DNA sequencing company’s shrinking margins. The plans aim to cut Illumina’s annualized spend by more than $100 million starting later this year, according to…

  • J&J broadcasts IPO costs for shopper spinoff Kenvue

    J&J broadcasts IPO costs for shopper spinoff Kenvue

    Johnson & Johnson products for sale in New York. Scott Mill | CNBC Johnson&Johnson will price shares of its consumer-health spinoff Kenvue at $20 to $23 in an IPO later this year, the company said in a regulatory filing filed Monday. The spinoff, which would be valued at around $40 billion at this share range,…

  • Oxford launch of malaria vaccine might have ‘main’ impression on sub-Saharan Africa, says economist

    Oxford launch of malaria vaccine might have ‘main’ impression on sub-Saharan Africa, says economist

    Close-up of a yellow fever mosquito biting human skin. It is a Culicidae vector of malaria, yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue and Zika virus in Brazil locally known as Mosquito da Dengue. João Paulo Burini | moment | Getty Images Nigeria this week joined Ghana in tentatively approving a new malaria vaccine being developed by Oxford…

  • Senate invoice proposes insulin worth cap for diabetes sufferers

    Senate invoice proposes insulin worth cap for diabetes sufferers

    In this photo illustration, Novo Nordisk insulin pens are on display on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A bipartisan Senate bill introduced this week would limit the price of insulin to $35 a month for people with private insurance. The bill, drafted by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, DN.H., and Susan…

  • AI is on the coronary heart of HIMSS to scale back paperwork

    AI is on the coronary heart of HIMSS to scale back paperwork

    Participants of the HIMSS conference walk around the exhibition area Source: HIMSS Debates about artificial intelligence and its role in healthcare were the focus of this week’s HIMSS Global Health Conference in Chicago, which brought together more than 35,000 physicians, other healthcare professionals, executives and engineers to discuss the latest advances in healthcare and technology.…

  • Drug firm CEOs to testify earlier than Senate Well being on insulin worth

    Drug firm CEOs to testify earlier than Senate Well being on insulin worth

    Pictured here is a Novo Nordisk insulin pen on display on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | News from Getty Images | Getty Images The top executives of the three drug companies that control 90% of the global insulin market will testify before the Senate Health Committee on May 10 about cutting…

  • US choose halts discuss most cancers lawsuits in opposition to Johnson & Johnson

    US choose halts discuss most cancers lawsuits in opposition to Johnson & Johnson

    In this image illustration, a Johnson and Johnson baby powder container is on display on April 5, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday halted around 40,000 lawsuits that claimed Johnson&Johnson‘s baby powder and other talc products caused cancer. The decision is part of J&J’s second…

  • Why US furlough coverage is a lot worse than Europe’s

    Why US furlough coverage is a lot worse than Europe’s

    The United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee paid time off. “You have entire cultures like France … where pretty much everyone takes August off, and it’s just part of the culture there,” said Shawn Fremstad, director of law and political economy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. “You…