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Promising New Weight-Loss Pill From South Korea’s Sam Chun Dang Pharm Mints Country’s Newest Billionaire
Last week’s announcement by Sam Chun Dang Pharm that it will jointly develop and commercialize a weight-loss pill, with Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo, fueled a rally in the Korean company’s shares making chairman Yoon Dae-in a billionaire.
ByJohn Kang,
Forbes Staff
Money & Markets
Berkshire Hathaway
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JPM$300.31
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V$325.26
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HD$380.36
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+0.15(0.29%)AbbVie Inc.
ABBV$223.93
+3.16(1.43%)Palantir Technologies Inc.
PLTR$165.70
-1.77(-1.06%)Coca-Cola
KO$73.55
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ABT$108.27
-0.50(-0.46%)Morgan Stanley
MS$182.66
+0.78(0.43%)American Express
AXP$359.45
-3.80(-1.05%)Walt Disney
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-0.70(-0.63%)Uber Technologies, Inc.
UBER$81.24
-0.74(-0.90%)NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA$188.52
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TSLA$430.90
-4.30(-0.99%)Berkshire Hathaway
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-8.80(-1.82%)JPMorgan Chase
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-0.73(-0.24%)Visa
V$325.26
-3.23(-0.98%)Eli Lilly & Co
LLY$1,039.51
-23.24(-2.19%)Mastercard
MA$520.41
-6.95(-1.32%)Exxon Mobil
XOM$136.83
+1.99(1.48%)Costco Wholesale Corp
COST$970.28
-7.39(-0.76%)Johnson & Johnson
JNJ$224.44
+2.95(1.33%)Procter & Gamble
PG$148.34
-1.15(-0.77%)Home Depot
HD$380.36
-6.17(-1.60%)Bank of America
BAC$52.17
+0.15(0.29%)AbbVie Inc.
ABBV$223.93
+3.16(1.43%)Palantir Technologies Inc.
PLTR$165.70
-1.77(-1.06%)Coca-Cola
KO$73.55
+0.99(1.36%)Philip Morris International
PM$178.88
+3.12(1.77%)UnitedHealth Group
UNH$282.70
-68.94(-19.61%)IBM
IBM$293.86
-2.47(-0.83%)Cisco Systems, Inc.
CSCO$78.68
+1.67(2.17%)T-Mobile US
TMUS$184.49
-3.47(-1.85%)Wells Fargo & Co.
WFC$88.71
+0.66(0.75%)General Electric
GE$297.47
+2.41(0.82%)Salesforce
CRM$228.53
-0.87(-0.38%)Chevron
CVX$169.05
+1.55(0.93%)Abbott Laboratories
ABT$108.27
-0.50(-0.46%)Morgan Stanley
MS$182.66
+0.78(0.43%)American Express
AXP$359.45
-3.80(-1.05%)Walt Disney
DIS$110.61
-0.70(-0.63%)Uber Technologies, Inc.
UBER$81.24
-0.74(-0.90%)NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA$188.52
+2.05(1.10%)Tesla
TSLA$430.90
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