Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe CEO (Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

August 9, 2024 12:07 PM EDTUpdated August 12, 02:10 PM

23andMe trades drug discovery for GLP-1 weight loss prescriptions

Shelby Livingston

Senior health tech reporter

23andMe is shutting down its internal drug discovery group and getting into prescription weight loss drugs in an effort to turn the struggling consumer genetic …

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