What are the limits in the fight against obesity? Ozempic owner disappoints the market
Novo Nordisk, the largest European company by market capitalization, has achieved worse than expected results for its new slimming drug CagriSema
Garth Graham, director of YouTube Health: ‘Misinformation around vaccines is still very high’
The Yale-educated physician joined the company in 2020 to help people find credible health information online and answer common questions that users ask on the platform
New anti-obesity pills threaten Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s stock market empire
As more pharmaceutical companies make inroads in the weight loss market, the two firms saw their shares fall more than 10% in the last month
New antibiotic buys medicine time in the never-ending fight against superbugs
Emblaveo has been developed by Pfizer and AbbVie, with the help of the EU and the United States, and is effective against some multidrug-resistant infections that have been untreatable until now
Bristol Myers Squibb acquires Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion, boosting neuroscience portfolio
Karuna’s top asset is KarXT, an experimental antipsychotic with a promising novel mechanism. It’s currently being reviewed by the USFDA for treatment of schizophrenia in adults
Syphilis cases in US newborns skyrocketed in 2022. Health officials suggest more testing
It’s also been increasingly difficult for medical providers to get benzathine penicillin injections — the main medical weapon against congenital syphilis — because of supply shortages
US approves updated Covid vaccines to rev up protection this fall
The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination
Ten drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
The drugs include the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications
Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need
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Experts say the damaged plant could lead to a supply disruption while Pfizer figures out next steps. Those could include shifting production to another location
Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US
A company statement said all employees were safely evacuated and accounted for
Top 10 pharma companies have over $120 billion in cash for mergers and acquisitions
Drug companies like BMS, GSK and Amgen face revenue losses from patent expirations
Covid vaccines: From having too few to having too many
European countries are negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to avoid accumulating unused doses
Pfizer will spend $43 billion to acquire Seagen
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The pharmaceutical giant said Monday that it will pay $229 per Seagen share
Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine
The company accuses its competitors of copying its messenger RNA technology without its permission