Tag: Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
Viking Therapeutics emerges as competitor
Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesBiotech company Viking Therapeutics has emerged as a strong potential entrant — or takeover target — in the budding weight l [...]
Medicare drug price negotiations: Judge rejects AstraZeneca challenge
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on O [...]
CVS, Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month
A container holding boxes of mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale [...]
Pfizer RSV vaccine protects older adults over two seasons
Respiratory syncytial virus vial.Manjurul | Istock | Getty ImagesPfizer's vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus maintained protection for older [...]
Novavax (NVAX) earnings report Q4 2023
Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesVaccine maker Novavax on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that missed Wall Street's e [...]
Viking Therapeutics weight loss drug shows promising trial results
Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesShares of Viking Therapeutics soared about 80% on Tuesday after the company's experimental weight loss drug showed promising [...]
Novavax to settle Gavi arbitration over canceled Covid shot purchase
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 2 [...]
AbbVie taps Robert Michael as CEO, succeeding Richard Gonzalez
Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed AbbVie logo in this illustration taken on May 21, 2021.Dado Ruvic | ReutersAbbVie on Tuesday said longtime [...]
FTC, HHS examining cause of generic drug shortages
A variety of generic pills and capsules. Nenov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said it is examining the role that dr [...]
Higher medical costs are pinching CVS, UnitedHealth
A UnitedHealth Group health insurance card is seen in a wallet, Oct.14, 2019.Lucy Nicholson | ReutersGood afternoon! Health insurers are feeling the [...]
Medicare drug price negotiations: Judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 [...]
Biogen (BIIB) earnings Q4 2023
A Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Brian Snyder | ReutersBiogen on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and profit that shrank from a ye [...]
Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly are tackling supply issues
Injection pens of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 21, 2023.Victoria Klesty | Reuters [...]
Merck, J&J, Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs face Senate drug price hearing
(L-R) Joaquin Duato, CEO of Johnson & Johnson, Robert Davis, CEO of Merck, and Chris Boerner, CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, testify before the Sena [...]
CVS Heath (CVS) Q4 2023 earnings
CVS Health on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped expectations, but the company cut its full-year profit outlo [...]