Health
Defense Secretary Austin is 'actively involved and engaged' while hospitalized
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan at the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is still hospitalized following doctors’ […]
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Biotech and pharma companies are betting on a promising class of cancer drugs to drive growth
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO — An established but promising group of cancer drugs was a red-hot market in 2023, and more companies could look to the treatments to fuel growth in the year ahead. […]
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Walgreens and 3 other health-care stocks are going into our Bullpen watch list
We’re making our first Bullpen update of 2024. The Bullpen is a collection of stocks identified by the CNBC Investing Club team as having the potential to join Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust. We’re highlighting the four most interesting investment opportunities we found out of the handful of company CEOs Jim interviewed at this week’s JPMorgan […]
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CVS to close ‘select’ pharmacies in Target stores in the coming months
CVS Health plans to close select pharmacies inside Target stores early this year, a company spokesperson said Thursday, as retail pharmacy chains in the U.S. struggle to boost profits. The closures will begin in February and finish by the end of April, the spokesperson said in a statement. She added that employees affected by the […]
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States have been eliminating taxes on period products for years. Here’s where you'll still pay them.
Packages of Tampax brand tampons on a drugstore shelf in New York on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Richard Levine | Corbis News | Getty Images Over a lifetime, period products in the U.S. cost a total of around $6,000 per person, according to research published in 2021 — and that’s before tax. In 21 states, a sales tax […]
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YouTube taps hospitals to create videos to help people witnessing an overdose or heart attack
People walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019. Sean Gallup | Getty Images YouTube is taking steps to fight against medical misinformation, especially when it comes to finding immediate tips on how to handle an emergency. The company on Wednesday introduced a feature called First Aid Information Shelves, […]
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J&J to acquire cancer drug developer Ambrx Biopharma for $2 billion
An entry sign to the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California on August 28, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Monday said it will pay $2 billion in cash to acquire Ambrx Biopharma, a drugmaker specializing in one of the hottest areas of cancer treatment. […]
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Moderna Covid vaccine sales plunge by two-thirds in 2023, but meet company's $6 billion forecast
Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its Covid vaccine sales plunged by about two-thirds in 2023 to $6.7 billion, as fewer people rolled up their sleeves for an updated version of the jab. The revenue from the shots met Moderna’s forecast for the year, even as sales plummeted from the […]
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Pentagon waited three days to inform White House that the defense secretary was hospitalized in ICU
WASHINGTON — Amid tensions in the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, including spending four days in the intensive care unit, according to two senior administration officials. The Pentagon did not inform senior officials in the White House’s National Security Council of Austin’s hospitalization until Thursday — three days after he arrived […]
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Eli Lilly's direct drug sales alone may not upend the industry, but others could follow suit
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Eli Lilly is shaking up the pharmaceutical industry with a new website offering telehealth prescriptions and direct home delivery of certain drugs, including its red-hot weight loss treatment Zepbound, to expand patient access. The company’s direct-to-consumer push announced Thursday, the first of its kind for a big drugmaker, […]
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