Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
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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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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GSK’s Walmsley to step down early as insider Luke Miels named next CEO
Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline PLC, listens during a meeting with the Coronavirus Task Force and pharmaceutical executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Monday, March 2, 2020. Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty Images GSK’s CEO Emma Walmsley will step down in December and be […]
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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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Why Trump’s 100% drug tariffs could hit Asia and Europe very differently
Global pharmaceutical stocks sold off on Friday, as markets reacted to news of 100% tariffs on branded and patented drugs imported into the United States, but significant moves lower haven’t been across the board. While Asia Pacific-listed shares in the sector saw notable falls — with some stocks tumbling more than 5% — the reaction […]
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U.S. to impose 100% tariff on branded, patented drugs unless firms build plants locally, Trump says
Shelf of pharmaceutical products. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on “any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product” entering the country from Oct. 1. The measure will not apply to companies building drug manufacturing plants in the U.S., Trump added. He said that […]
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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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The Trump administration is changing Covid, childhood vaccine recommendations – here’s what it means for you
A proposed vote by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Retsef Levi is displayed during an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters New recommendations last week from an influential vaccine panel handpicked by Health and […]
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Eli Lilly to build $6.5 billion Texas manufacturing facility for obesity pill, other drugs
A rendering of Eli Lilly’s manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. Courtesy: Eli Lilly Eli Lilly on Tuesday said it will spend $6.5 billion to build a manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas, to boost production of the company’s pipeline of so-called small molecule drugs, including its closely watched experimental obesity pill. It is the second in […]
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