CVS, Walmart and Rite Aid Limit Purchases of Plan B Pills After Surge in Demand
Some of the nation’s biggest retailers are rationing over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills as demand spikes following the Supreme Court ruling...
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Pfizer’s Omicron-Targeting Covid-19 Vaccines Generate Stronger Immune Response
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE vaccines modified to target the Omicron variant produced a significantly larger immune response than the...
Fertility Doctors Move Embryos, Expecting Abortion Law Changes
Fertility companies and patients have been moving embryos and making contingency plans, anticipating that if Roe v. Wade were overturned,...
Americans With ALS Look to Canada for Promising Drug the U.S. Hasn’t Approved
Canada approved Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis last week. Now some U.S. patients with the fatal...
Lawyers Make Final Arguments in Fraud Case Against Former Theranos President
Government prosecutors in the criminal-fraud trial of Theranos Inc.’s former second-in-command, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, made their final pitch to the...
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Bayer Appeal on Roundup
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by Bayer AG to end thousands of lawsuits alleging its...
WSJ News Exclusive | Merck Explores Purchase of Biotech Seagen
Merck MRK -0.32% & Co. is eyeing a purchase of biotech Seagen Inc., SGEN 12.72% according to people familiar with...
FDA Advisers Review Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 Vaccines in Young Children
A positive recommendation would likely lead soon to expanding the U.S. Covid-19 vaccination campaign to the 19.6 million children 6...
WSJ News Exclusive | Mental-Health Startup Cerebral Investigated by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has begun an investigation into mental-health startup Cerebral Inc., according to a letter the FTC sent...
Three-Dose Pfizer Covid Vaccine Works Safely in Young Children, Review Says
The FDA staff also said, in a review of study data posted online Sunday, that there were no new safety...
The Billionaire Funding a Battle Against Hospital Monopolies
John Arnold antagonized public-employee unions and pharmaceutical firms with campaigns to reform government-funded pensions and bring down high drug prices....
Hospitals Face Penalties for First Time for Failing to Make Prices Public
Two Georgia hospitals on Wednesday were hit with federal financial penalties for failing to disclose their prices, marking the first...
Bristol-Myers to Buy Turning Point Therapeutics for $4.1 Billion
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said it will acquire biotechnology company Turning Point Therapeutics Inc. TPTX 116.76% for $4.1 billion, an effort...
Baby Formula Shortage Worsens, Hitting Low-Income Families Hardest
New data suggest that the U.S. baby-formula shortage is deepening, particularly hitting states in the South and the Southwest. Nationally,...
Prosecution Rests in Trial of Former Theranos President Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani
Prosecutors on Friday rested their case against Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani—the top deputy and confidant to Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes...
FDA Eases Baby-Formula Import Rules to Boost Supplies
U.S. health regulators took steps to allow more foreign baby formula on American shelves, easing rules that had effectively prevented...
Baby Formula Shortage Faces Investigation by Lawmakers
WASHINGTON—The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the four major manufacturers of baby formula, including the makers of...
Baby Formula Shortage Could Last Months
Baby-formula manufacturers and retailers say they are working to address a long-running shortage in products on store shelves, but the...
Hot Job Market, Strong Demand for CFOs Strain Due Diligence
The sudden exit of Moderna Inc.’s newly hired chief financial officer shines a light on the challenges companies and recruiters...
Moderna Ousts Finance Chief Jorge Gomez in First Week on the Job
On Monday, Jorge Gomez took the reins as the finance chief of the biotech success story Moderna Inc., MRNA -6.29%...
