Eli Lilly to build $6.5 billion Texas manufacturing facility for obesity pill, other drugs
A rendering of Eli Lilly's manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas.Courtesy: Eli LillyEli Lilly on Tuesday said it will spend $6.5...
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Trump admin draws unproven link between autism and Tylenol ingredient use during pregnancy
In this photo illustration, Tylenol caplets are displayed on Sept. 22, 2025 in San Anselmo, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe...
Pfizer boosts obesity drug prospects with $7.3 billion deal to buy Metsera
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPfizer on Monday said it would buy weight loss drugmaker Metsera...
Pharma firms pile pressure on the UK as Trump's drug pricing order looms
The U.K. is under pressure to offer a better deal to global pharmaceutical firms, as a slew of pulled investments...
Florida to end all vaccine mandates, including for schools, first state in the U.S. to do so
In this photo illustration, Ruth Jones, Immunization Nurse, holds a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (brand name: Comirnaty) at Borinquen Health Care...
Wegovy heart condition trial gives boost to Novo Nordisk amid U.S. market woes
A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly's weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by...
CDC asks all staff to return to office Sept. 15, five weeks after shooting at headquarters
A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus...
Denmark slashes 2025 growth forecast amid Novo Nordisk slowdown
The logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy is seen...
The vaccine and public health debate at the center of CDC upheaval, explained
The exterior of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) main campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Aug. 27, 2025....
CDC director Susan Monarez ousted, four other leaders quit health agency
Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies...
Eli Lilly’s weight loss pill orforglipron clears its latest trial, paving way for approval
Eli Lilly Biotechnology Center is shown in San Diego, California, U.S. March 1, 2023. Mike Blake | ReutersEli Lilly on...
Eli Lilly's obesity pill remains a viable rival to Novo's oral Wegovy despite data that underwhelmed investors
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott...
Eli Lilly's obesity pill led to around 12% weight loss in closely watched late-stage trial; shares drop
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott...
Novo Nordisk's Wegovy weight loss drug sales soar 67% in second quarter
Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024.Hollie Adams |...
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins (not pictured) and...
Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro shows heart health benefits in head-to-head trial with older diabetes drug Trulicity
Mounjaro manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company packaging is seen in this illustration photo taken in a pharmacy in Krakow,...
Moderna to slash 10% of workforce as biotech cuts costs, Covid shot sales slow
The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 26, 2024.Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesModerna on Thursday said...
AstraZeneca to invest $50 billion in the U.S. as pharma tariffs weigh
The office building of international biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAstraZeneca on Monday said it plans to...
Space startup Varda raises $187 million in funding to make drugs in orbit
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSpace startup Varda announced on Thursday that it has raised $187 million in Series...
Trump threatens to impose up to 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals 'very soon'
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in...
