California will not renew Walgreens contract over abortion tablet

California will not renew a $54 million contract Walgreens on the drugstore chain’s decision not to sell the abortion pill mifepristone in some states due to legal restrictions. “California will not stand by as businesses cave in to extremists and shut down critical access to reproductive care and freedom,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a …

Home of Representatives votes to launch details about potential lab leak in Wuhan

Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China’s Hubei province, 3 February 2021 . Thomas Peter | Reuters The House of Representatives on Friday voted unanimously to release information about …

North Carolina lawmakers are stepping in to defend restrictions

Boxes of the drug mifepristone, used to induce a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Birmingham, Alabama March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein Reuters A federal judge on Friday allowed North Carolina lawmakers to defend restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone after the attorney general’s denial. dr Amy Bryant, …

The Biden price range caps the month-to-month value of insulin for privately insured sufferers at $35

A woman who has had type 1 diabetes since adolescence displays her insulin for injection March 02, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s federal budget proposal would limit insulin prices to $35 per month for people with private insurance plans. The Inflation Mitigation Act in January capped monthly …

Eli Lilly’s therapy with solanezumab didn’t decelerate the illness

Eli Lilli on Wednesday said it would halt development of its Alzheimer’s treatment candidate solanezumab after the antibody failed to slow the progression of the disease. The failure of solanezumab is a setback to efforts to treat Alzheimer’s disease in people who are very early in the disease and have not yet presented clinical symptoms. …

WeightWatchers inventory surges after Sequence deal

shares of WW Internationalalso known as WeightWatchers, soared on Tuesday after the company announced it would buy Sequence, a telehealth platform used to treat obesity. The stock closed 79% higher on Tuesday. Its market value was more than $488 million. “As the trusted leader in weight management, it is our responsibility to support those interested …

California Gov. Newsom says the state is not going to do enterprise with Walgreens

California Gov. Gavin Newsom successfully defeated a recall attempt in California last year. When asked if he was preparing to run for president, Newsom insisted he wasn’t. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the state would no longer do business with him Walgreensafter the drugstore chain told 21 Republican attorneys …

Longevity knowledgeable who studied 110-year-olds on how people beat ageing

As a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, Kristen Fortney used bioinformatics to study the genetics of supercentenarians — people who live to the age of 110 and beyond. Now she is at the forefront of biotech efforts to turn longevity science knowledge into medicine. As CEO and co-founder of BioAge, a clinical stage biotech developing …

Amazon, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Nvidia are within the headlines. Take our membership

The club holdings Amazon (AMZN), Wells Fargo (WFC) as well as Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT) are in the headlines on Wednesday. Here are the headlines and the implications for the club’s investment thesis. Amazon Completes Healthcare Deal AMZN YTD Berg Amazon’s stock performance year-to-date. The news: Amazon has completed its acquisition of primary care …

DEA and FDA guidelines exacerbate Adderall deficiency

30 mg tablets Adderall XR from Shire Plc. JB Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images Josh Disbrow is Chairman and CEO of Aytu BioPharma, which makes a competing drug used to treat ADHD called Adzenys XR-ODT. A nationwide shortage of Adderall has left many patients struggling to manage their Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, better known …