Merck Asks FDA to Authorize Promising Covid-19 Pill
Merck & Co. and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP said Monday they have filed an application asking U.S. health regulators to...
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WSJ News Exclusive | Catalent to Buy Supplement Maker Bettera Holdings for $1 Billion
Contract drug manufacturer Catalent Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it has agreed to buy closely held Bettera Holdings...
Concert Plans Change as Covid-19 Concerns Persist
Concerts’ long-anticipated comeback this fall is stumbling, as more big-name artists cancel their tours and other musicians are coping with...
Theranos Didn’t Stop the Search for the Next Healthcare Star
Theranos Inc. once symbolized how Silicon Valley’s hustle and innovation might revolutionize healthcare. Its collapse made it a cautionary tale...
J&J Says Covid-19 Booster Shots After Eight Months Supported by Data
Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that a second dose of its Covid-19 vaccine was found in a study to generate...
Covid-19 Booster Shot to Be Offered to Americans Fully Vaccinated With Pfizer, Moderna
The Biden administration took steps Wednesday to crack down on rising Covid-19 cases, including a call for a third shot...
United Airlines to Require All U.S. Employees Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to be vaccinated this fall, the first major airline to...
Masks Are Back On at Home Depot, McDonald’s and Target
The masks are back. On Monday, Home Depot Corp. , McDonald’s Corp , Target Corp. and Facebook Inc. said they...
Walmart, Disney to Require Vaccines for Certain Workers
Walmart Inc. and Walt Disney Co. are requiring certain workers to get vaccinated for Covid-19 amid a shift in federal...
The Boss Wants You Back in the Office. Like, Now.
After 16 months of enduring remote work as a viable pandemic-era solution, many CEOs have a message for their staff:...
U.S. Buys 200 Million Covid-19 Vaccines From Pfizer and BioNTech at About $24 a Shot
The U.S. has purchased 200 million additional Covid-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer Inc. PFE 0.51% and partner BioNTech SE, BNTX...
States Announce $26 Billion Settlement to Resolve Opioid Lawsuits
States unveiled a historic $26 billion settlement with drug companies to resolve thousands of opioid-crisis lawsuits, paving the way for...
$26 Billion Opioid Settlement Among States and Drug Industry Expected This Week
From 1999 to 2019, the nation lost nearly half a million people to overdoses of prescription and illegal opioids. Photo:...
Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai and Providence Won’t Give Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug
Three large hospitals are declining to administer Biogen Inc.’s BIIB -6.79% new Alzheimer’s treatment, Aduhelm, the latest rupture to emerge...
Tech Firms to Buy Covid-19 Vaccines on Behalf of Taiwan’s Government
TAIPEI—Taiwan is struggling with the pandemic, short on vaccines and locked in a geopolitical fight with China over access to...
Pfizer to Ask Regulators to Authorize Covid-19 Vaccine Booster
Pfizer Inc. will seek clearance from U.S. regulators in coming weeks to distribute a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine...
J&J Covid-19 Vaccine Shows Promising Preliminary Signs of Protecting Against Delta Variant
Johnson & Johnson ’s Covid-19 vaccine showed promising signs in a small laboratory study of protecting against the Delta variant...
How a Beer Giant Manages Through Waves of Covid Around the World
In late March, executives at the biggest brewer in the world were working on a project they had code-named EU-phoria.The...
Johnson & Johnson Settles New York Opioid Case for $230 Million
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to the state of New York to resolve an opioid lawsuit...
New York and Other Northeast States See Large Drop in Unemployment
The labor-market recovery picked up momentum this spring in the Northeast, with New York, Connecticut and other nearby states posting...
