Bayer Hits Courtroom Winning Streak as It Battles Remaining Roundup Lawsuits
Bayer AG BAYRY 3.28% is on a winning streak as it battles the remaining cases targeting its Roundup weedkiller, a...
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Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Hangs Legal Defense on Expert Testimony
Lawyers for Trevor Milton are anchoring the Nikola Corp. NKLA 11.36% founder’s defense against securities-fraud charges on the testimony of...
Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Disease Progression in Trial
The pharmaceutical companies said their drug lecanemab reduced cognitive and functional decline by 27%, compared with a placebo, over 18...
Biogen Agrees to Pay $900 Million Over Alleged Improper Physician Payments
Biogen Inc. agreed to pay $900 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to induce them to...
Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Carries Lessons for Pharma Supply Chains, Says Pfizer Executive
The concentrated effort to develop, manufacture and distribute vaccines as the Covid-19 pandemic began to rage across the world highlighted...
Abbott Faces Competition From Heart Valve Device Cleared by FDA
A new heart valve repair device from Edwards Lifesciences Corp. was as effective as the market-leading device from Abbott Laboratories...
What Good Leadership Looks Like Now vs. Pre-Covid
What a difference a pandemic makes. More than two years after the coronavirus began to roil the world, leaders of...
China’s Downturn Moderates, Though Property Woes Linger
HONG KONG—Renewed Covid-19 curbs and a worsening property downturn are dampening the outlook for China’s economy, despite some modest signs...
Illumina Wins Case Against FTC on Grail Acquisition
An administrative law judge has ruled in favor of Illumina Inc. ILMN -2.10% in its $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer-testing...
Covid-19 Booster Shots Targeting Omicron Authorized, Likely to Be Offered Soon
U.S. health regulators cleared use of retooled Covid-19 vaccines that target the latest versions of Omicron, in preparation for a...
China’s Industrial Profit Falls on Covid-19 Measures, Bad Weather
China’s industrial profit dropped in the first seven months of the year, reversing a year-on-year increase in the first half...
Disney’s New Pricing Magic: More Profit From Fewer Park Visitors
Walt Disney DIS -2.89% used to call Disneyland his “magic kingdom.” These days, Walt Disney Co. has a new magic...
MGM China Pumps $594 Million Into Macau Casino Unit Ahead of License Bid
HONG KONG—The Chinese unit of U.S. gambling company MGM Resorts International MGM -2.50% said it would pump almost $600 million...
U.S. Companies on Pace to Bring Home Record Number of Overseas Jobs
U.S. companies are bringing workforces and supply chains home at a historic pace.American companies are on pace to reshore, or...
U.K. Approves Covid-19 Booster Shot Aimed at Omicron
The U.K. became the first country to approve Moderna Inc.’s Omicron-targeting Covid-19 vaccine as a booster shot, paving the way...
China Growth Slows Across All Fronts in July, Prompting Unexpected Rate Cut
SINGAPORE—China’s economy stumbled in July as a two-month boost from easing lockdowns faded, prompting the country’s central bank to unexpectedly...
Relaxed CDC Covid Guidelines Seen as Boost for Return to the Workplace
Federal health officials’ move this week to relax pandemic precautions gave business leaders the momentum many have been looking for...
Pfizer Agrees to $5.4 Billion Deal for Global Blood Therapeutics
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to buy Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. for $5.4 billion, in a deal that would give the...
China’s Stumbling Manufacturing, Property Sectors Show Long Road to Recovery
China’s major economic pillars wobbled in July with weakness in manufacturing and the all-important property sector, showing the pressure on...
Starbucks, Uber, CVS to Report Earnings Amid Shrinking Economy
About 30% of S&P 500 companies are slated to report earnings in the coming week, according to FactSet. Two Dow...
