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Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs could affect some drugmakers more than others
Medications are stored on shelves at a pharmacy on May 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Eric Thayer | Getty Images President Donald Trump is slated to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S. any day now – and the duties may have a bigger impact on some drugmakers than others, according to some […]
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Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer to sell blockbuster blood thinner Eliquis at 40% discount
Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer on Thursday said they will start selling their blockbuster blood thinner, Eliquis, directly to patients at a more than 40% discount. The move comes as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to cut drug prices, and threatens to impose sweeping tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the […]
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Inside the trade war’s tariff hideouts, ‘foreign’ zones and bonded warehouses
To offset the rising costs of tariffs and trade war uncertainty, companies are using U.S. Customs-sanctioned foreign trade zones (FTZs) and bonded warehouses to delay or reduce product taxes. FTZs have a long history dating back to a previous period of trade conflict, created during the Great Depression by Congress to encourage international trade and […]
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Healthy Returns: Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill may affect some drugmakers more than others
U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care […]
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Tripadvisor stock surges 10% as Starboard Value builds sizable stake in online travel company
The Tripadvisor logo is displayed on a tablet. Mateusz Slodkowski | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Tripadvisor stock jumped 10% Thursday after Starboard Value revealed a more than 9% stake in the online travel company, according to a securities filing. The position was valued at about $160 million as of Wednesday’s close. Tripadvisor […]
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Moderna’s flu vaccine shows positive late-stage trial results, paving way for combination Covid shot
The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 26, 2024. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its experimental mRNA-based flu vaccine produced a stronger immune response than a currently available shot in a late-stage trial, clearing a path forward for the product and the company’s separate combination flu and […]
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Democrats press Pfizer, J&J and others over low tax bills and lobbying as Senate debates Trump’s plan
The Johnson & Johnson logo displayed on a monitor. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Two Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed five of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies about their low tax bills and whether they support extending massive tax cuts for the industry in the GOP reconciliation bill. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and […]
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Targeted cancer drugs may replace chemo for some patients — and drugmakers say they’re getting closer
Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are targeted medicines that deliver chemotherapy agents to cancer cells 3d rendering Love Employee | Istock | Getty Images Chemotherapy has long been a cornerstone of cancer treatment, saving millions of lives. But the pharmaceutical industry says a popular class of targeted cancer therapies could one day replace chemotherapy and its […]
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RFK Jr.’s firing of CDC vaccine panel undermines science, could threaten public health, experts say
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. leaves the stage after discussing the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters […]
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FDA approves Merck’s RSV shot for infants, ramping up competition with Sanofi and AstraZeneca
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck’s shot designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus during their first season of the virus, bringing to market a rival to a similar treatment from Sanofi and AstraZeneca. The decision will allow the company to launch the drug, which will be marketed as Enflonsia, ahead […]
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