Health
Healthy Returns: Amgen joins a growing list of drugmakers selling directly to consumers
The Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Drugmakers are increasingly using telehealth platforms to sell their medicines directly to patients […]
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Laura Modi, CEO and mom, is breaking one of the market’s biggest duopolies: Infant formula
Laura Modi, co-founder and CEO of infant formula startup Bobbie, is on a mission to transform an industry that she says has been stagnant for decades, and shift the culture around how parents feed their babies. Modi, a former Airbnb executive, came up with the idea for Bobbie after the birth of her first child. […]
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Trump’s pharmaceutical tariff threat loses bite after Pfizer deal reassures drugmakers
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla (L) as he announces a deal with Pfizer to lower Medicaid drug prices in the Oval Office of the White House on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s long-awaited threat to impose pharmaceutical tariffs may not […]
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Healthy Returns: Pfizer’s new obesity bet, Metsera, releases encouraging data on lead drug
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Pfizer‘s newest bet on obesity is already showing promise. The company last week said it would buy […]
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Trump, Pfizer to announce agreement to lower Medicaid drug prices
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday will announce an agreement with Pfizer to voluntarily sell its medications for less, as his administration pushes to link U.S. drug prices […]
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Stop overworking yourself before it’s too late, says Arianna Huffington. It’s no sign of success
Arianna Huffington has spent a lot of time thinking about the links between working hard and success, and she has come to the conclusion that there is a “collective delusion” about the positive correlation, while pervasive neglect of risks that can be literally fatal. She has spent years studying the science, but she also draws […]
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Medicare Advantage enrollment expected to fall in 2026 as insurers cut back on unprofitable plans
Advocates hold signs during a news conference on Medicare Advantage plans in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Medicare Advantage enrollment is poised to fall for the first time in nearly two decades, according to the Centers for Medicare and […]
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CDC takes down more than a dozen webpages on sexual and gender identity, health equity
A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | Reuters More than a dozen pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website related to sexual and gender identity, health equity, and other […]
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We’re buying the dip in a health and life sciences stock that has gone down enough
We’re buying 20 more shares of Danaher at roughly $180 each. Following Thursday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 470 shares of DHR, increasing its weighting to about 2.31% from about 2.22%. While Danaher has certainly been one of a handful of problematic stocks in the portfolio, we are stepping into the name here, […]
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Roche targets becoming top 3 obesity player as experimental drug enters late-stage trial
The Roche Holding AG headquarters on April 11, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland. Sedat Suna | Getty Images News | Getty Images Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche is targeting becoming a top three obesity player globally, posing a potential rival to heavyweights Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly as it advances one of its experimental weight-loss drugs to […]
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