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Biotech / Medical : Eli Lilly
LLY 884.54+2.9%Apr 25 9:30 AM EDT

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From: zax11/26/2024 3:16:37 PM
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Eli Lilly Pops After Biden Proposes Medicare Cover Obesity Drugs. Is Lilly Stock A Buy?

investors.com

The proposal would increase usage of drugs like Lilly's Zepbound and Novo Nordisk's ( NVO) Wegovy. Today, Medicare doesn't pay for obesity treatments unless they're used for a related condition, like diabetes or reducing the risk of heart attacks or strokes.

But the proposal requires a 60-day comment period, so it will be up President-elect Donald Trump's administration whether it goes into effect. Incoming Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been skeptical about weight-loss drugs. But Dr. Mehmet Oz, who Trump has tapped to lead Medicare, has praised them, according to NBC News.

BMO Capital Markets analyst Evan Seigerman recently said a Kennedy-tied selloff is overdone.

Kennedy "remains limited in his ability to influence either policy or pricing of obesity medications," Seigerman said in a report.

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