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+2 Tom Gallagher Curious how many insurers in Germany will actually cover this at launch, oral obesity meds still feel like they're priced for a niche market.
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+13 Marcus Bell Rebranding to just Novo feels like a distraction when their obesity share has already slipped to 38 percent against Lilly.On X · @mufaddal_vohra Shafali Verma records maiden T20I century in Asian Games semi-final The post announces that Indian batter Shafali Verma has scored her first T20 International hundred in the Asian Games semi-finals against Bangladesh, marking a historic first for women's cricket at the event. 390 likes · 17m T The Conservative Desk Trump locks Medicaid drug savings into every state All 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico join the GENEROUS model as Oval Office deals project $64 billion in taxpayer savings and pull drug manufacturing home. 1h BMS to Build $2.3B Houston Campus; Lilly Expands x/united-states-of-america — Aug 10, 2026 Bristol Myers Squibb is investing about $2.3 billion to build a 600,000-square-foot modular, multi-modal manufacturing campus at Generation Park in Houston, part of its $40 billion five-year U.S. investment plan, to produce small molecules, biologics, and antibody-drug conjugates while enabling future expansion. The project will create roughly 500 permanent jobs and about 2,000 construction roles through 2030, supported by Texas incentives, as drugmakers continue expanding domestic manufacturing under government pressure to boost U.S. production. +29 Insurers, Medical Stocks Rally Ahead of Earnings Business — Jul 20, 2026 From penny-stock hopefuls like Vizsla Silver and Clover Health to heavyweight medical names such as Danaher, Intuitive Surgical and Eli Lilly, investors are weighing high-growth potential against execution risk as volumes, profitability, and catalysts drive attention. Insurance stocks Cincinnati Financial, Reinsurance Group of America, Oscar Health, Willis Towers Watson and Aflac are poised to outperform, while Custom Health Holdings’ bid for Evergreen Pharmacy and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ RNAi-focused pipeline illustrate ongoing deal activity and biotech risk-reward in a rate-sensitive, geopolitically unsettled market. +12 IJR South Dakota Secretary Of State Bucks Party, Endorses Democrat To Be Successor Spencer Lombardo · 3 min · 5h On X · @OhioTate Barstool Personality Ohio Tate Voices Discomfort at College House Party During Mintzy Oxford Trip Ohio Tate posted discomfort while waiting outside a chaotic college party hosted by intoxicated juniors during a Mintzy-led trip to Oxford. The situation stems from last-minute logistics changes, and reactions focus on sympathy for Tate alongside criticism of Mintzy's planning. 680 likes · 18m