Pharmaceutical companies are spending close to $10 billion per year on direct-to-consumer advertising in the U.S. Only the entertainment industry spends more. Is that a good thing? 

The idea was floated as part of a proposed budget for the state released by Democrats in the Senate. If passed, only the top 2% of corporations in California would be impacted. The levy would generate $5 billion to $8 billion annually for Medicaid. 

The new clinic wants to keep patients out of hospital EDs when possible and provide care at a lower cost.

The maker of popular GLP-1 agonists Wegovy and Ozempic said technology from OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, will allow it to sift through and make sense of massive datasets to identify potential new uses for its diabetes and obesity treatments.

Chapter, a technology company based in New York City, said it tripled its revenue last year by filling a market niche designing technology for seniors—specifically, those who have questions about the Medicare program.