Tag: Health care industry
Novo Nordisk legal win bars many compounded Wegovy, Ozempic drugs
Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy are pictures wh [...]
Merck (MRK) earnings report Q1 2025
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesMerck on Thursday lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing $200 million in estimated costs for tariffs and a ch [...]
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) earnings Q1 2025
FILE PHOTO: The Bristol Myers Squibb research and development center at Cambridge Crossing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Dec. 27, 2023.Adam Glanzman [...]
Eli Lilly sues compounded Mounjaro, Zepbound providers
An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023.Brendan McDermid | ReutersEli Lilly is suin [...]
FDA announces food dye ban
Candy is displayed for sale, as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., along with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, annou [...]
UnitedHealth’s guidance cut may mean trouble for more insurers
UnitedHealth Group's stock sank 20% on Thursday after the company slashed its annual profit forecast, citing higher-than-expected medical costs in its [...]
Eli Lilly weight loss pill orforglipron clears first late-stage trial
Eli Lilly on Thursday said its daily obesity pill met the company's goals in the first of several late-stage trials, helping patients with Type 2 diab [...]
Medical product manufacturers are divided over Trump’s tariffs
President Donald Trump's tariffs are creating a divide in the medical community.Medical devices and protective gear made in China, Mexico and Canada w [...]
Pfizer scraps daily weight loss pill danuglipron after a liver injury
Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPfizer on Monday said it would end development of its experimental daily weight loss pill after a patient [...]
Trump pharmaceutical tariffs may raise costs, worsen drug shortages
A pharmacist collects medications for prescriptions at a pharmacy.Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's planned tariffs on p [...]
Trump says pharmaceutical tariffs are coming, stocks fall
The Lilly Biotechnology Center in San Diego, California, on March 1, 2023.Mike Blake | ReutersShares of drugmakers fell on Wednesday after President D [...]
FDA guts education, training division as part of RFK Jr.’s cuts
The Food and Drug Administration has gutted a division responsible for training agency staff and outside health-care professionals on an array of key [...]
Walgreens (WBA) earnings Q2 2025
A sign for US drugstore chain Walgreens is displayed outside its store in New York City on March 7, 2025.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesWalgreens on [...]
CMS makes job cuts as RKF Jr. guts HHS
An aerial of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesThe Cen [...]
Eli Lilly sues Strive and Empower over compounded tirzepatide
The Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company's offices in San Diego, California, on Sept. 17, 2020.Mike Blake | ReutersEli Lilly is suing two pha [...]