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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing an innovative blood test with underlying technology invented at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The test, known as PrecivityAD2, was developed and validated by C2N Diagnostics, a WashU startup company

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency confirmed on 10 August that it had authorised orforglipron, sold under the brand name Foundayo, making Britain the first country in Europe to licence an oral GLP-1 receptor agonist for both weight management and type 2 diabetes. Julian Beach, the MHRA’s executive director of healthcare quality and access,…

Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) just added another weapon to its obesity arsenal. The pharmaceutical giant received British authorization for Foundayo on Monday, making the U.K. the first European country to clear the once-daily orforglipron tablet for weight management and type 2 diabetes. Lilly shares rose approximately 2.1% in regular trading. The appeal is easy to understand:…