Lark Health Launches LarkVantage: AI-Powered Platform to Manage GLP-1 Costs

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Eli Lilly Strikes $650M Deal with Juvena to Develop Muscle-Boosting Drugs

Eli Lilly; Juvena Therapeutics; muscle-boosting drugs; AI drug discovery; muscle health; biotech collaboration; stem cell secreted proteins; drug development; obesity management; $650 million deal

Trump Administration Cancels Major Federal Funding for Moderna’s Bird Flu Vaccine

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Chronic care startup Omada Health files to go public

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Pfizer CEO Bourla suggests pharma tariffs will focus on US adversaries, not allies

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Leaked HHS budget signals $40B in cuts, assumes ACA subsidies expire

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Harvard Faces $2.2 Billion Federal Funding Freeze After Defying Trump Administration Demands

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Appeals Court Blocks Reinstatement of Fired Federal Probationary Workers, Affecting 20 Agencies

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Federal Judge Blocks NIH Grant Caps as HHS Appeals Ruling

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