Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies....
Healthcare/Life Sciences
CVS Names Cowhey Permanent Finance Chief as Guertin Departs
CVS Health on Friday said Shawn Guertin, its top finance executive who has been on a leave of absence since...
Matthew Perry’s Death Darkens Ketamine’s Startup Glow
By Rolfe Winkler and Brianna AbbottDec. 16, 2023 9:00 pm ETMatthew Perry’s death from the effects of ketamine brought new...
Court Sides With FTC Finding Illumina-Grail Deal Anticompetitive
A federal appeals court said the U.S. government was right to challenge Illumina’s purchase of cancer-test developer Grail, but still...
‘Torture Testing’ to Make a Tougher Antiperspirant
Unilever has been conducting tests for more than a decade. Source link
Bayer Told to Pay $1.56 Billion After Losing Roundup Case
Updated Nov. 18, 2023 7:43 pm ETBayer faces a payout of $1.56 billion after a Missouri jury found in favor...
Wegovy Maker Novo Nordisk to Spend $6 Billion Boosting Production Capacity
Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical giant that makes the blockbuster Wegovy obesity drug, said it will invest more than $6...
Why Your Neighborhood Pharmacy Isn’t So Friendly Anymore
CVS and Walgreens pharmacy employees say they are overworked, understaffed, and more liable to make prescription errors due to the...
Roche to Buy Bowel-Disease Drug From Roivant, Pfizer for More Than $7 Billion
Updated Oct. 23, 2023 6:55 am ETRoche Holding has agreed to buy the developer of a bowel-disease treatment from Roivant...
WSJ News Exclusive | CVS Pulls Certain Cold Medicines From Shelves and Will Stop Selling Them
Updated Oct. 20, 2023 11:00 am ETCVS Health is pulling some of the most common decongestants from its shelves and...
New Playground, New Court, New Classroom? Thank Ozempic.
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Kaiser Permanente, Unions Reach Deal on New Contracts
Updated Oct. 13, 2023 4:49 pm ETHealth system Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative agreement with unions that would raise wages...
Pharmacy Giant Walgreens Names Tim Wentworth as New CEO
The incoming chief executive faces a tough challenge, with a core business under pressure due to pharmacy-benefit managers such as...
Bristol Myers Squibb to Acquire Mirati Therapeutics in Deal Worth Up to $5.8 Billion
The deal expands the pharmaceutical company’s portfolio of cancer drugs. Source link
Striking Healthcare Workers Return to Work—Without New Contracts
Talks between Kaiser Permanente and unions are scheduled to resume Thursday, after employees temporarily walked off. Source link
The Company That Defined Dieting Is Sorry It Told Us to Have More Willpower
Ozempic, Oprah and apologies: WeightWatchers says there’s no shame in being overweight, or in taking new weight-loss drugs. Source link
Kaiser Permanente Union Workers Strike, Mounting Largest U.S. Healthcare Walkout on Record
More than 75,000 nurses, pharmacists and other employees have stopped work in a dispute over wages and staffing. Source link
Illumina Names Jacob Thaysen as New CEO
Jacob Thaysen was named to the role after Francis deSouza resigned from the gene-sequencing maker in June amid a fight...
J&J’s $40 Billion Split-Off Sets Stage for Pharma, Medical Tech Expansion
The healthcare giant’s separation of its consumer-health business arms it with billions in cash for allocating capital in the remaining...
Amgen’s $27.8 Billion Deal for Horizon Therapeutics Clears Key Hurdle
The Federal Trade Commission said it had agreed to end its legal challenge of the $27.8 billion deal. The pact...
