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Healthy Returns: J&J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb are in the hot seat
Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good afternoon! This is Annika Kim Constantino, and I cover the biotech and pharmaceutical industry for CNBC.com. Three names in the industry – Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb – face a pivotal few weeks […]
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Big pharma is at a crossroads, as J&J, Merck and others prepare to lose heaps of revenue from blockbuster drugs
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) to the podium. NYSE Big pharmaceutical companies such as Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck and Johnson & Johnson face a looming threat that will put tens of billions of dollars in sales at risk between now and 2030, as blockbuster drugs will tumble off a […]
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Merck, Johnson & Johnson CEOs agree to testify in Senate hearing on high drug prices
US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, speaks during a rally by the People’s Action, protesting pharmaceutical companies’ lobbying against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, outside Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) headquarters in Washington, DC, September 21, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The CEOs of Merck and […]
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4 stock ideas I brought back from the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference and everything else I learned about the industry
Health care may be a real challenger to tech this year, a business that can actually grow faster than most of tech and has the possibility of a comeback from the Covid straitjacket that so many of these companies got caught up in. The pandemic obscured so much of the growth as Abbott Labs , […]
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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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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 stock pops after Oppenheimer says Covid shot maker could launch more products over next two years
Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Moderna jumped more than 15% on Tuesday after Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to “outperform,” saying the Covid vaccine maker could market five products by 2026. The upgrade follows a dismal 2023 for Moderna, whose only commercially available product is its Covid shot. The company’s stock has […]
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Biden administration's Medicare drug price negotiations will face major tests in 2024
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images U.S. patients and drugmakers will get a first glimpse of how much Medicare can negotiate down drug prices in 2024, setting the […]
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Moderna, Merck vaccine with Keytruda delays return of deadly skin cancer after 3 years, data says
An exterior view of Moderna’s clinical manufacturing facility. David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna and Merck‘s experimental cancer vaccine, when used in combination with Merck’s blockbuster therapy Keytruda, reduced the risk of death or relapse in patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer after three years, according to midstage […]
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Pfizer shares fall as 2024 revenue and profit forecast disappoints
Shares of Pfizer fell Wednesday after the drugmaker forecast 2024 revenue and profit below Wall Street’s expectations, as it sees weak demand for its once-blockbuster Covid products. Pfizer also raised the target of its sweeping cost-cutting plan by $500 million, bringing the anticipated total to $4 billion. The company expects 2024 revenue of $58.5 billion […]
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