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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, Booz Allen, CVR Energy, CoreWeave & more
Check out some of the companies making the biggest midday moves: Booz Allen Hamilton — The consulting firm shed more than 5% after the Treasury Department said it canceled all contracts with the company , whose employees leaked the tax records of President Donald Trump, and the billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, to media […]
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Drug pricing, patent losses and deals: Here’s what pharma execs see ahead in the industry
US President Donald Trump arrives for an announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Will Oliver | Bloomberg | Getty Images Drug pricing. Looming patent cliffs. Dealmaking. The first year of Trump 2.0. Those are among the themes that dominated conversations last week as drugmakers […]
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Healthy Returns: Novo Nordisk CEO on GLP-1 pricing, and more insights from the JPM conference
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. Good morning from San Francisco! It’s day three of the annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference – the biggest gathering of biotech and pharma execs, investors and analysts in […]
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Healthy Returns: What to expect from pharma at the JPM conference
Heidi Overton, Novo Nordisk CEO Maziar Mike Doustdar, Eli Lilly CEO David A. Ricks, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick listen while U.S. President Donald Trump announces a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk on to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs during an event in the Oval Office at the White […]
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A little-known biotech stock has become a prime takeover target after surging nearly 1,700% last year
Europe’s best-performing blue-chip stock in 2025 is widely expected to be bought by a larger peer, in a deal analysts say could be worth as much as $23 billion. Abivax, the French clinical-stage biotech company developing a treatment for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, saw shares rocket 1,681% last year, far outpacing the Stoxx 600 […]
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Big Pharma race to snap up biotech assets as $170 billion patent cliff looms
Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing. Extreme-photographer | E+ | Getty Images A multitude of factors are coming together to bring a big burst in biotech M&A. […]
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These are the most overbought S&P 500 stocks as 2026 approaches
Investors piled into Merck & Co. and S & P Global , among others, with 2026 around the corner. Those names may be due for a pullback. The three major averages all climbed this week, which was shortened because of the Christmas holiday. The S & P 500 led the way with a 1.4% gain. […]
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Nine of the largest pharma companies ink deals with Trump to lower drug prices
President Donald Trump signs an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals by 30% to 80% during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Several of the largest U.S. and European-based drugmakers inked deals with […]
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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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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Novo Nordisk, Inspire Medical, Tesla, Tegna, Oscar Health and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Novo Nordisk — The Danish pharmaceutical company’s trial for Alzheimer’s disease failed to meet its main goal of slowing the disease’s progression. Shares tumbled nearly 6%. Inspire Medical Systems — The maker of an obstructive sleep apnea treatment will benefit from Friday’s decision by the Centers […]
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