JPM: NVIDIA Launches AI Collaborations with Eli Lilly, Thermo Fisher
SAN FRANCISCO—They met for the first time in 2018. David A. Ricks, a year into his tenure as Eli Lilly’s Chair and CEO, hosted Jensen Huang at Lilly’s Indianapolis headquarters campus, where the NVIDIA founder and CEO gave a talk to the pharma giant’s management team about a new technology called artificial intelligence (AI) and […]
Oprah Reveals Why She Went Back on GLP-1 Meds After Year-Long Break
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty Oprah Winfrey, 71, revealed the reason she returned to taking GLP-1 drugs after taking a year-long break while voicing strong opinions about the lack of accessibility to them. “There are so many people who are literally dying inside and are going to die from diseases caused by obesity because […]
SOTA On Bay Area House Party
[previously in series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Every city parties for its own reasons. New Yorkers party to flaunt their wealth. Angelenos party to flaunt their beauty. Washingtonians party to network. Here in SF, they party because Claude 4.5 Opus has saturated VendingBench, and the newest AI agency benchmark is PartyBench, […]
Oprah Gets Open and Honest About Her Experience Taking a GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug
Oprah opened up about the unpleasant side effect she has experienced while taking this weight loss drug.
Eli Lilly working with Humana to dispense weight-loss drugs in employer-focused initiative
Humana’s CenterWell Pharmacy will distribute Eli Lilly obesity medications under a new program targeting employers, according to a Jan. 12 news release. The pharmacy will serve those in employer plan-sponsored carve-out programs. Humana Pharmacy Segment President Bethanie Stein, PharmD, said there is untapped opportunity for “forward-thinking employer-based programs” that embrace these medications. “We’ve already seen success in […]
FDA Says to Drop Suicide Warning From GLP-1 Drug Labels
(MedPage Today) — The FDA requested that manufacturers of GLP-1 receptor agonists remove information regarding risks of suicidal behavior and ideation from drug labels following a detailed review of existing data, the agency announced on Tuesday…
FDA calls on GLP-1 drugmakers to remove suicide warnings – Axios
FDA calls on GLP-1 drugmakers to remove suicide warnings Axios US FDA requests removal of suicide warnings from weight-loss drugs CNN US FDA requests removal of suicide warnings from weight-loss drug labels Reuters FDA asks popular weight loss medication makers to remove suicide risk warning kare11.com FDA Wants Suicide Warning Removed From Weight-Loss Drugs Bloomberg.com
FDA asks Lilly, Novo to remove suicide warnings from GLP-1 labels
The FDA asked Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to remove warnings about suicidal ideation or behavior from the labels of their blockbuster GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Novo’s Saxenda and Wegovy, as well as Lilly’s Zepbound …
Giving up the booze
Americans are drinking less than ever—and a growing share are teetotalers. What’s behind the trend? What do the numbers show? That the U.S. is losing its taste for the hard stuff. In a recent Gallup survey, 54% of American adults said they consumed alcohol, the lowest level since the pollster began tracking drinking behavior in […]
Increased levels of Alzheimer’s-linked protein found in some with long COVID
A study of 227 individuals who experienced neurocognitive difficulties post COVID-19 infection—such as headaches, vertigo, balance dysregulation, changes in taste/smell, and brain fog—displayed a significant increase in their blood plasma of a crucial protein called tau, which is found in nerves and especially in the brain. Excess levels of tau are linked to neurodegenerative diseases […]