The GLP-1 weight loss debate: Pharmacy benefit leaders weigh in on difficult coverage decisions

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/30 7:00P Lauren Lawley Head, Writer, TBJ

Employers are grappling with the ripple effect of an increasingly popular weight loss treatment. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are a favored treatment for type-2 diabetes but have also become incredibly popular for treating...

Pegasus Park lands Silicon Valley startup focused on skin treatments

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/27 1:34A Noor Adatia

The latest company to arrive at Pegasus Park's BioLabs is known for developing high-tech dermatology treatments. California-based Cage Bio specializes in developing topical treatments for common skin conditions such as alopecia and vitiligo and...

Former American Heart Association leader dies at 84

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/24 1:55A Rachel Behrndt

Cass Wheeler, who led the Dallas-based American Heart Association for more than three decades, died recently. He's remembered as a supportive mentor who guided the huge nonprofit into the 21st century. "He believed deeply in the power of purpose,...

Businesses in budding Texas THC sector applaud Abbott's move to regulate, not ban products

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/23 11:38A Sahar Chmais

A ban on such hemp-derived THC products would have sunk an industry that, according to one estiate, employs more than 53,000 workers in Texas and generated $4.3 billion in retail revenue in 2025, according to data by Whitney Economics. Instead,...

DFW's newest public co. set to raise $494 million in IPO

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/18 6:17A Sydney Asher

The biotech firm filed its IPO paperwork May 23 in a bid to boost its finances, noting there was "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue operating otherwise. Now the company is debuting on the Nasdaq — get the latest in this storty.

U.S. birth rate is declining. Gen Z, millennials say the economy is a major factor

Spectrum Local News Health 6/16 9:00A Amber Hughes

Experts say the economy is a major factor as to why Americans are having fewer children.

Health experts seeing an increase in colon cancer in young people

Spectrum Local News Health 6/12 6:00A Blessing Iwuchukwu

Despite 45 years old being the recommended screening age for colonoscopies, one Texas doctor says she’s seeing patients as young as 19 years old.

Lower drug prices and new insurance rules? What Trump’s exec order and “big, beautiful bill” mean...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 6/10 5:22A Holmes Murphy

Never miss an episode of Healthy Politics. Subscribe now on Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Both the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are working to shake up the status quo when it comes to health...

Woman in Texas dies from brain-eating amoeba after clearing her sinuses with RV tap water

Spectrum Local News Health 6/6 7:19A Spectrum News Staff

A woman died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from tap water she used to clear out her sinuses in Texas.

Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry...

Spectrum Local News Health 6/4 5:53A Associated Press

A new policy has thrown into doubt the federal government's oversight of hospitals that deny women emergency abortions.

Texans tackling postpartum depression

Spectrum Local News Health 6/2 5:45A Blessing Iwuchukwu

How Texans are tackling postpartum depression for moms and dads.

Caris Life Sciences files for IPO

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 5/30 9:46A Sydney Asher

Irving-based Caris Life Sciences filed to go public on the Nasdaq and revealed a significant revenue jump between 2023 and 2024. Still, the company remains unprofitable and is grappling with a large amoutn of debt. Learn all about what could be...

Breaking down medicine costs with Jay Bhaumik

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 5/30 5:57A

The cost of medicine has a significant effect on the daily lives of countless individuals around the world. The price point that is set for any given pharmaceutical item has a litany of effects upon both the market and the people who need the...

NTxBio eyes Plano sites for life sciences manufacturing hub

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 5/28 1:49A Aayush Gupta

NTxBio's expansion plans go beyond just the new Plano facility, with CEO Jamie Coffin hinting at future growth in both Texas and New Mexico. The biomanufacturing company plans to open a new $31 million facility in Plano and is zeroing in on a site...

Kenyan diplomat turns to Texas for life-saving stroke care

Spectrum Local News Health 5/19 4:30A Brian Scott

In the growing field of stroke rehab, it's a combination of a physical and mental approach to undo the damage of a life-changing emergency.