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Stat: $106.8 million. That’s how much Walgreens agreed to pay the federal government to settle claims that the company fraudulently billed government programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed. (the Wall Street Journal)

Quote: “We put a Band-Aid on a chronic situation and that Band-Aid isn’t going to last.”—Roland Behm, co-founder of the Georgia Mental Health Policy Partnership advocacy group, on the shortage of mental health care services following the Apalachee High School shooting (KFF Health News)

EY’s latest monthly M&A report found that in August, the total value of large deals (worth $100+ million) reached $1.1 trillion, a 26% YoY jump. This was thanks in part to a 44% YoY increase in deal value last month, to $137 billion, according to the report.

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What’s up

• US Steel gained 1.57% as the battle over the future of the legacy steelmaker continues.
• Intuitive Machines skyrocketed 38.33% thanks to a deal between the space communications company and NASA worth over $4.8 billion.
• Victoria’s Secret popped 3.63% after Barclays analysts upgraded shares from “Underweight” to “Equal Weight.”
• Barclays analysts were active today, boosting VF Corp. 3.89% by upgrading the shoewear company from “Equal Weight” to “Overweight.”
• Duolingo rose 3.20% to a new all-time high, and though there was no news propelling the multilingual app higher, shares have continued to rise ever since its strong earnings announcement in early August.

What’s down

• ResMed tumbled 5.12% thanks to a downgrade from Wolfe Research due to concerns that a new drug from Eli Lilly may eat into the med tech company’s share of the CPAP machine market.
• eBay sank 2.64% after its CFO sold over $1.9 million in company stock.
• Cencora fell 2.58% on the news that the drug distributor paid hackers $75 million in ransom over the course of three bitcoin installments, the largest cyberattack extortion payment ever.

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Here’s where the major benchmarks ended:

• The S&P 500^® index (SPX) fell 16.32 points (–0.29%) to 5,618.26; the Dow Jones Industrial Average^® ($DJI) lost 103.08 points (–0.25%) to 41,503.10; the NASDAQ Composite^® ($COMP) decreased 54.76 points (–0.31%) to 17,573.30.
• The 10-year Treasury note yield rose four basis points to 3.69%.
• The CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX) climbed to 18.23, the highest since September 10.

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At the end of August, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced a new website called PfizerForAll, which provides information on common health issues like migraines or the flu and connects patients to tele-health services and prescription delivery services so they can get treatments and diagnostic tests delivered to their homes. Pfizer promotes some of its own therapies, including Paxlovid for Covid-19 and Nurtec for migraines, on the site.

And, that move came after rival pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly started LillyDirect in January, through which the company delivers prescriptions straight to patients. Eli Lilly also partnered with Amazon Pharmacy in March to deliver some of its medications to consumers’ doorsteps, including Ozempic competitor Zepbound, a GLP-1 weight loss drug.

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