Investors see a biotech comeback in 2024 as rates fall, deal-making picks up. Stocks to watch

[ad_1] Many biotech stocks struggled in 2023 despite a robust year for U.S. drug approvals. As these new therapies begin treating patients, some investors see better times ahead next year. “We’ve seen a lot of innovation,” Dan Lyons, portfolio manager on the health-care team at Janus Henderson, said, explaining that he is bullish on 2024…

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Oprah’s flip on weight loss drugs is a sign of what’s to come for the ‘Ozempic trade’ in 2024

[ad_1] For many struggling with obesity, new medications have been “a gift,” as Oprah Winfrey recently described it in declaring she was “done with the shaming.” Investors in drug manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly might use the same term for the returns they’ve realized over the past year. U.S.-listed shares of Novo Nordisk, the…

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These stocks are trying to solve a major shortcoming of weight loss drugs: Shrinking muscle mass

[ad_1] One of the downsides of taking new anti-obesity medications is that patients tend to lose lean muscle mass along with body fat. What this means for patients over the long term isn’t fully known, but there are several pharmaceutical companies studying the side effect and hoping to develop therapies that might regulate the condition….

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