Citigroup Sticks With Its Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate, While GE Drops Its Rules
Citigroup Inc. C -1.25% is sticking with its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for its U.S. workers. General Electric Co. GE 0.68%...
Pharmaceuticals
Unilever Makes Approach for Glaxo’s Consumer-Healthcare Business
LONDON— Unilever UL 1.14% PLC said it had approached GlaxoSmithKline GSK 0.91% PLC and Pfizer Inc. PFE -1.06% about an...
Medicare to Pay for Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug in Clinical-Trial Patients
Medicare officials said they would cover Biogen Inc.’s BIIB 2.64% controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm on the condition that patients...
How Reliable Are Covid-19 Rapid Tests for Detecting Omicron?
The fast-spreading Omicron variant has made us increasingly reliant on at-home rapid antigen tests to tell us whether we have...
McKinsey’s Top Executive Wants to Change How the Firm Operates
Bob Sternfels took over as McKinsey & Co.’s global managing partner in July at a difficult moment for the consulting...
Purdue Pharma Authorized to Appeal Judge’s Rejection of Sackler Settlement Plan
A federal judge authorized Purdue Pharma LP and its Sackler family owners to appeal a ruling that threw out their...
Jury in Elizabeth Holmes Trial Seized on Two ‘Smoking Guns’ to Convict Theranos Founder, Juror Says
SAN JOSE, Calif.—In their second week of deliberations, jurors in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes seized on what one juror...
CDC Recommends First Covid-19 Boosters for 12- to 15-Year-Olds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Covid-19 boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds, making the doses available to the...
Walmart, Kroger Raise Prices of Covid-19 Test Kits
Prices are going up for some of the cheapest and most popular at-home Covid-19 test kits in the U.S. Walmart...
The Elizabeth Holmes Verdict: Theranos Founder Is Guilty on Four of 11 Charges in Fraud Trial
SAN JOSE, Calif.— A federal jury convicted Elizabeth Holmes, the startup founder who claimed to revolutionize blood testing, on four...
New Covid-19 Pills Carry Risks: What Patients Should Know
The first Covid-19 antiviral pills that can be taken at home are a new treatment option for infected people, but...
Teva Found Liable for Fueling Opioid Addiction in New York
A jury in New York state found drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. liable for creating a public nuisance in the...
AstraZeneca’s Vaccine, Dumped by the West, Helps Fill Gaping Need in Rest of World
LONDON— AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 vaccine isn’t authorized in the U.S., and governments in Canada, Australia and across Western Europe have...
FDA Authorizes Merck’s Covid-19 Pill for At-Home Treatment
U.S. regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 pill from Merck MRK -0.33% & Co. and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, the...
Pfizer’s Covid-19 Pill Is Authorized in U.S.
U.S. health regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 pill from Pfizer Inc., the first drug that newly infected patients can...
Moderna Says Covid-19 Booster Dose Works Against Omicron Variant in Lab Tests
Moderna Inc. said a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine increased immune responses against the Omicron coronavirus variant compared with...
Appeals Court Reinstates Biden Covid-19 Vaccine Rules for Large Employers
A federal appeals court Friday reinstated Biden administration rules that require many employers to ensure that their workers are vaccinated...
Fentanyl Invades More Illicit Pills, With Deadly Consequences
Zachary Didier took what looked like a prescription pain pill just after Christmas last year, according to his parents. It...
CDC Advisers Review Blood-Clotting Risk Associated With J&J’s Covid-19 Vaccine
U.S. vaccine advisers are meeting to consider whether to change recommendations on the use of Johnson & Johnson ’s Covid-19...
Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Pill Likely Works Against Omicron
Pfizer also said Tuesday that a final analysis of late-stage study results confirmed the drug, named Paxlovid, was 89% effective...
