Health Care Up as Novo Nordisk, Hims & Hers Settle Dispute -- Health Care Roundup

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Health-care companies rose as a distribution spat was resolved.

Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk said it was teaming up with Hims & Hers Health to sell its weight-loss drugs through the telehealth company's platform, bringing an end to a legal dispute between the two companies. Shares of Hims & Hers jumped, logging their largest percentage gains on record.

Vaccine makers rose after the Food and Drug Administration's controversial vaccines chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, stepped down.

British drug giant GSK said it would sell rights to linerixibat, an experimental treatment for itching caused by a liver disease, to Italian pharmaceutical company Alfasigma as part of a licensing agreement valued at up to $690 million.

 

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March 09, 2026 17:43 ET (21:43 GMT)

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