Health
FDA approved a $250,000 Singapore work trip during government shutdown, records show
SINGAPORE — Sentosa Island boasts the luxury, five-star Ora and Michael hotels, with palm-tree-lined pools, lobbies flanked with luxury stores, and a casino that adjoins both hotels and buzzes with gamblers. The Singapore resort is also where a group of federal employees from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were sent for a work trip […]
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Healthy Returns: FDA may add its strongest safety warning to Covid vaccines. Here’s what to know
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. The Food and Drug Administration may add its strongest safety warning to Covid shots – marking another major shift in vaccine oversight. It could also expand a […]
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‘The next protein’: Fiber is shaping up to be the latest grocery obsession
Workers are suspended on a Pepsi sign on a building outside of Allegiant Stadium ahead of LVIII in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 9, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters One of this year’s top food trends is facing some tough competition. Protein captivated consumers and food companies in 2025, but fiber is increasingly stealing the […]
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Danish weight loss drug maker outlines ambitious 2030 strategy, ramping up pressure on Novo, Lilly
Celsopupo | Istock | Getty Images Zealand Pharma on Thursday outlined an ambitious five-year strategy for its anti-obesity portfolio Thursday, spotlighting how growing competition from smaller players is tightening the race for market leaders Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly as more of these medicines near market entry. The new strategy, “Metabolic Frontier 2030,” comes as Zealand […]
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Eli Lilly to build $6 billion manufacturing plant in Alabama to help make upcoming obesity pill, other drugs
Eli Lilly CEO David A. Ricks speaks at a press conference at Generation Park in Houston, Monday, Sept. 23, 2025. The company announced plans for a $6.5 billion biomanufacturing plant in north Houston. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Raquel Natalicchio | Houston Chronicle | Getty Images Eli Lilly on Tuesday said it will spend […]
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A biotech stock for investors scared to invest in the risky industry
Citigroup thinks investors should consider Ligand Pharmaceuticals for a more conservative bet on the biotech industry. The bank initiated the biotech stock at a buy rating and price target of $270, implying upside of 46% from Ligand’s Monday closing price of $184.67. Shares have soared nearly 79% this year. LGND YTD mountain LGND YTD chart […]
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FDA approves Merck drug for decimated U.S. cattle herds to stop screwworm
Cattle detained in the pens of the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union , at the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa border crossing in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on November 27, 2024, after the United States stopped imports of Mexican cattle due to the presence of screwworm. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images U.S. cattle ranchers will soon have a new […]
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RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel weakens recommendation on hepatitis B shot for babies, scrapping universal guidance
Dr. Vicky Pebsworth, from left, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Retsef Levi, Case Western Reserve University Professor Catherine Stein and Dr. Raymond Pollak, listen to presentations during an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting to discuss childhood vaccine schedule changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 4, […]
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Jim Cramer has faith in Danaher’s turnaround as life sciences comes back to life
Life sciences stocks are seeing a resurgence — and that’s good news for Danaher . Connecting the dots to better times ahead for the struggling portfolio name, Jim Cramer thinks the industry turnaround is best illustrated by looking at Agilent Technologies ‘ recovery from a post-Covid rut. Shares are up around 50% from their April […]
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‘Advice was so good,’ says CEO who used ChatGPT to pitch new ideas to AI versions of business icons
Joanna Stober, Midi Health CEO and co-founder, has never had an opportunity to run her business plans past legendary venture capital investor John Doerr, chairman at Kleiner Perkins. But that didn’t stop her from tapping Doerr, in an AI version, for advice on growing her startup, a virtual clinic offering midlife health care for women. […]
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