This chapter discusses the competitive nature of the healthcare industry, highlighting companies targeting the same goals and interesting deals and acquisitions. It also focuses on the investments made by bigger players like Lilly and Novo Nordus, with a specific mention of Amgen and their dual mechanism of action drug for weight-loss.
Weight loss drugs are taking center spotlight, but other developing treatments could change how we live. Deidre Woollard caught up with Motley Fool biotech analyst Karl Thiel to discuss:
- Biogen’s next shot at an Alzheimer’s treatment.
- Why companies can’t “muscle their way” into making new molecules.
- How NVIDIA could change drug development.
- Moderna’s vaccine strategy
Companies discussed: LLY, NVO, GPCR, NVDA, DXCM, NVDA, BIIB, GEHC, MRNA, NVCR, VRTX
Host: Deidre Woollard
Guest: Karl Thiel
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineer: Tim Sparks
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