Health Care Up on Defensive Bias -- Health Care Roundup

Dow Jones04:52

Health-care companies rose as traders rotated into defensive sectors due to volatility in oil and Treasury markets.

Eli Lilly, one of the leaders in the GLP-1 boom, said a weight-loss drug based on a separate mechanism showed promise in a clinical trial. Retatrutide mimics the action of two hormones.

Japanese drugmaker Kissei Pharmaceutical said doctors in Japan can again prescribe an Amgen rare-disease drug to new patients, reversing a recommendation made only days ago that clinicians avoid new prescriptions following 20 deaths among people taking the medicine.

 

Write to Rob Curran at rob.curran@dowjones.com

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May 21, 2026 16:52 ET (20:52 GMT)

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