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Drugs to treat diabetes, heart disease and blood cancers among those affected by price negotiations

Aug. 15, 2024 16:42 PM EDT

The Biden administration says Medicare recipients will save about $1.5 billion on out-of-pocket costs for medications to treat diabetes, heart disease, types of arthritis and other ailments under new prices negotiated with drug companies that will take effect in 2026. The savings...

Mounjaro, Zepbound pour money into Eli Lilly, fueling a better-than-expected second quarter

Aug. 08, 2024 14:34 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eli Lilly blew past second-quarter expectations with the diabetes treatment Mounjaro and its weight loss counterpart Zepbound funneling more than $4 billion in sales to the drugmaker. Lilly also hiked its forecast for the year well beyond Wall Street...

North Korean officials seek medicine for Kim's health problems related to obesity, Seoul says

Jul. 29, 2024 23:47 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and appears to have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat them, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Monday. ...