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About 14% of employers in the U.S. have already or plan to drop coverage of GLP-1 drugs in 2027, as companies see rising health care costs , Reuters notes, citing a survey by the Business Group on Health. Two-thirds of employers reported rising use of the medicines while the share of employers covering GLP-1 weight loss drugs dropped from 72% in 2025 to 60% in 2026. Pharmacy costs made up 25% of employer health care spending and are expected to rise by 12% in 2027, unchanged from the year prior. PepsiCo, for example, is dropping coverage, says Bloomberg News .
The number of people working in Massachusetts’ renowned biotech sector fell last year, the first time that’s happened since at least 2002 , The Boston Globe writes. The state’s biopharma workforce shrank by about 3,600 employees in 2025, to a total of 113,503, as industry headwinds and uncertainty about federal funding for scientific research battered the sector, according to the annual “ industry snapshot ” by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council trade group. Compared to 2024, the workforce declined by 3.1%.
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