What Eli Lilly investors can learn from the slow launch of a competitor’s drug

[ad_1] Club holding Eli Lilly is expecting to get approval for its Alzheimer’s treatment in the coming weeks, but investors looking for immediate financial success should temper their expectations. On its fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday, rival drugmaker Biogen shared data that showed its therapy for the memory-robbing disease, Leqembi, is off to a slower-than-expected start….

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Biogen revenue and profit shrink on Aduhelm costs, slumping sales of multiple sclerosis therapies

[ad_1] A Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder | Reuters Biogen on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and profit that shrank from a year ago, as it recorded charges related to dropping its controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm and as sales slumped in its multiple sclerosis therapies, the company’s biggest drug category. Biogen booked sales of $2.39…

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Biogen drops controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to focus on Leqembi, experimental treatments

[ad_1] The Biogen headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 24, 2023. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Biogen on Wednesday said it will discontinue the sale and development of its older and highly controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to refocus the company’s efforts to treat the memory-robbing disease.  The biotech company will focus on rolling…

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‘A trove of rebound opportunities’: Strategists turn bullish on biotech and more, picking top stocks

[ad_1] 2023 wasn’t a good year for the health-care sector, but some investors expect it to make a comeback this year — highlighting biotech and medical tech as areas to watch. “Emerging from a poor capital raising environment in ’22-23, where early-stage biotech companies grappled to fund their Research and Development efforts amid rising interest…

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Weight loss drugs, Alzheimer’s treatments and gene editing: Enormous firsts defined 2023 in pharma

[ad_1] Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty Images Drugmakers are closing out a year when they achieved several historic firsts that will shape the pharmaceutical industry in 2024 and beyond.  The weight loss drug market transformed into the pharmaceutical industry’s newest gold rush this year, as demand for costly but highly effective treatments from Novo…

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