General Medicine founders TJ Parker, Ashwin Muralidharan and Elliot Cohen. General Medicine After selling online pharmacy PillPack to Amazon seven years ago, the founding team is launching a new company that aims to make the experience of getting medical care “as easy as shopping online.” PillPack founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen on Thursday launched a … Read more
Flags fly at half staff outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Dec. 4, 2024. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images News | Getty Images It took six months, countless hours on hold and intervention from state regulators before Sue Cover says she finally resolved an over $1,000 billing dispute with UnitedHealthcare in 2023. … Read more
Brandon Guerrero, of Compton, California, is given both a flu and Covid vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park, California, Aug. 28, 2024. Christina House | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday outlined new regulatory guidance for future Covid-19 vaccine boosters, setting stricter approval standards for healthy Americans. The … Read more
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 Novo Nordisk is banking on fresh leadership to help it reclaim the crown in the booming weight loss drug market. The Danish drugmaker on Friday abruptly announced that … Read more
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of UnitedHealth Group plunged more than 13% on Thursday following a report that the Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation into the health-care giant over possible Medicare fraud. The DOJ is focusing on the company’s Medicare Advantage business practices, but the exact nature of the potential … Read more
President Donald Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday moved forward with a plan to lower U.S. … Read more
A robotic arm fills prescriptions at a Walgreens’ micro-fulfillment center. Courtesy: Walgreens As struggling drugstore chains work to regain their footing, Walgreens is doubling down on automation. The company is expanding the number of retail stores served by its micro-fulfillment centers, which use robots to fill thousands of prescriptions for patients who take medications to … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to incentivize drug manufacturing in the U.S., streamlining the path for pharmaceutical companies to build new production sites … Read more
The Pfizer logo is seen outside the pharmaceutical company’s manufacturing plant, in Newbridge, Ireland February 10, 2025. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Pfizer on Tuesday expanded its cost-cutting efforts and reported first-quarter profit that topped estimates, even as the company’s sales fell, largely due to dwindling revenue for its antiviral Covid pill Paxlovid. The company previously … Read more
Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy are pictures while the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Novo Nordisk scored a huge legal victory that … Read more