Boxes of medication are seen on the shelves of the Keencare pharmacy, a member of the Green Light Group, on September 19, 2024 in London, England. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Each Wednesday, Ian King brings you expert insights on the…
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 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told staff it expects them to return to offices by Sept. 15, roughly five weeks after a…
Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images Centers for Disease…
Eli Lilly Biotechnology Center is shown in San Diego, California, U.S. March 1, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly on Tuesday said its daily weight loss pill helped patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes shed weight in a late-stage trial, meeting the study’s main goal and clearing the way for the company to…
Shares of Viking Therapeutics plunged Tuesday after the company released midstage trial data on its obesity pill that disappointed investors. The biotech company’s stock price dropped to about $23.80 as of Tuesday morning, from $42.09 at Monday’s close, a roughly 43% plunge. Viking’s market cap now sits at about $2.69 billion, down from more than…
Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Novo Nordisk climbed almost 5% Monday after the company’s blockbuster Wegovy obesity drug received accelerated approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat a serious liver disease. The company on Friday…
A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine’s Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois, Dec. 30, 2021. Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is considering revoking its authorization of Pfizer‘s Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children under the age of 5, the…
A sign marks the offices of Sarepta Therapeutics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 22, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters Sarepta Therapeutics said on Monday it will resume shipping of its gene therapy Elevidys to patients with a rare muscular disorder who can walk, after the FDA recommended the removal of a voluntary hold that was…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Sarepta Therapeutics said on Monday that it will pause all shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy in the United States after a muscular dystrophy patient who received a different, experimental treatment died. U.S. regulators on Friday asked Sarepta Therapeutics to voluntarily halt shipments of its…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Sarepta Therapeutics said on Monday that it will pause all shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy in the United States after a muscular dystrophy patient who received a different, experimental treatment died. U.S. regulators on Friday asked Sarepta Therapeutics to voluntarily halt shipments of its…
