Tag: Health care industry
Merck (MRK) earnings Q2 2024
The exterior view of the entrance to Merck headquarters in Rahway, New Jersey, on Feb. 5, 2024.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesMerck on Tuesday reported s [...]
Eisai Biogen Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi shows benefits over three years
The newly FDA approved Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi is prepared at Abington Neurological Associates in Abington, PA., on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. H [...]
Pfizer (PFE) earnings Q2 2024
Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty ImagesPfizer on Tuesday reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that blew past expectations and rais [...]
Novo Nordisk GLP-1 liraglutide may slow Alzheimer’s progression
A box of the drug Victoza, made by Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical, sits on a counter at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, January 9, 2020.George Frey | ReutersA [...]
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) earnings Q2 2024
The Bristol Myers Squibb research and development center at Cambridge Crossing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Dec. 27, 2023.Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg [...]
Viking Therapeutics stock jumps on weight loss injection trial plans
Weight loss drug concept.Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesShares of Viking Therapeutics jumped 28% on Thursday after the biotech company a day earlier announ [...]
Pfizer’s gene therapy for hemophilia A succeeds in late-stage trial
Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty ImagesPfizer on Wednesday said its experimental gene therapy for a rare genetic blood-clotting disorder succeeded [...]
Lawmakers unveil PBM reform bill amid rising drug costs
Feverpitched | Getty ImagesBipartisan lawmakers introduced a new bill on Tuesday that aims to crack down on the business practices of drug supply chai [...]
Pfizer weight loss pill moves forward as once-daily version
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPfizer on Thursday said it will move forward with a once-daily version of its weight loss pill, danuglipron, a [...]
FTC to sue PBMs over drug prices including insulin
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled "Fiscal Ye [...]
FDA approves Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s drug donanemab
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters campus of Eli Lilly and Company on March 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.Scott Olson | [...]
Pfizer stock recovers after Covid decline but some employees struggle
Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty ImagesPfizer had a "phenomenal" first quarter — and Wall Street took notice, CEO Albert Bourla told thousands of e [...]
Drug prices have risen almost 40% over the past decade
Mike Mergen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe cost of prescription medications in the U.S. has increased 37% since 2014, far surpassing the rate of inflat [...]
Walgreens (WBA) earnings Q3 2024
In an aerial view, a customer enters a Walgreens store on January 04, 2024 in San Pablo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesShares of Walgreens [...]
Biden to lower some drug costs through inflation penalties
US President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14 2023. Chris K [...]