Novo Nordisk parent to buy Catalent to expand Wegovy supply

Injection pens of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, November 21, 2023. Victoria Klesty | ReutersNovo Nordisk's parent company on Monday said it will acquire drug manufacturer Catalent in a $16.5 billion deal that could help boost the supply of the highly...

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Biogen drops Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm to focus on Leqembi, others

The Biogen headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 24, 2023.Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBiogen on Wednesday said it will discontinue the sale and development of its older and highly controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm to refocus the company's efforts to treat the memory-robbing disease. The biotech company will focus...

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GSK posts blowout RSV vaccine sales, raises outlook

Company logo of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline is seen at their Stevenage facility, Britain October 26, 2020. Dado Ruvic | ReutersGlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday lifted its long-term outlook following the smash-hit launch of its new RSV vaccine.The shot targeting the severe and in some cases life-threatening virus booked around £1.2 billion, or...

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Vertex non-opioid painkiller shows positive late-stage trial results

A sign hangs in front of the world headquarters of Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston on Oct. 23, 2019.Brian Snyder | ReutersVertex Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said its experimental painkiller, which is being tested as an alternative to addictive opioids, significantly decreased post-surgery pain in late-stage trialsThe drug, known as VX-548,...

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Merck, J&J CEOs agree to testify in Senate hearing on drug prices

US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, speaks during a rally by the People's Action, protesting pharmaceutical companies' lobbying against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, outside Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) headquarters in Washington, DC, September 21, 2021.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesThe...

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