Tag: Pharmaceuticals
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trump’s Next Tariffs Target Could be Foreign-Made Pharmaceuticals
President Trump wants to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States. Experts warn that tariffs could result in shortages and higher [...]
Novo Nordisk’s diabetes pill Rybelsus slashes cardiovascular risk
Novo Nordisk on Saturday said its diabetes pill Rybelsus showed cardiovascular benefits in a late-stage trial, paving the way for it to become a new t [...]
Eli Lilly to release weight loss pill orforglipron trial data
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesPatie [...]
Zepbound copycats remain online despite FDA ban
This week was supposed to mark the end of compounding pharmacies making copycat versions of Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug Zepbound and its diabetes dru [...]
White House pulls Trump CDC Director nominee Dave Weldon
Former Congressman Dave Weldon addresses a small crowd in The Villages, Fla.Brendan Farrington | APThe White House has pulled President Donald Trump's [...]
Walgreens to go private in $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners
The Walgreens logo is displayed at a Walgreens store on October 15, 2024 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesStruggling drugstore [...]
Kenvue settles proxy fight with activist Starboard, adding three directors
Kenvue settled its proxy fight with activist Starboard Value, adding three new directors to its board.Starboard's Jeff Smith will join the board of th [...]