Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesModerna on Monday said its Covid vaccine sales plunged by about two-thirds in 2023 to $6.7 billion, as fewer people rolled up their sleeves for an updated version of the jab.The revenue from the shots met Moderna's forecast for the year, even as...
An entry sign to the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California on August 28, 2019.Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Monday said it will pay $2 billion in cash to acquire Ambrx Biopharma, a drugmaker specializing in one of the hottest...
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesEli Lilly is shaking up the pharmaceutical industry with a new website offering telehealth prescriptions and direct home delivery of certain drugs, including its red-hot weight loss treatment Zepbound, to expand patient access. The company's direct-to-consumer push announced Thursday, the first of its kind...
Pharmacist Thomas Jensen, looks over a prescription drug at the Rock Canyon pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 9, 2019.George Frey | ReutersThe Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Florida's plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, a first-in-the-nation move that could reduce costs for Americans but faces...
A man walks near a Walgreens pharmacy on March 09, 2023 in New York City. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty ImagesWalgreens reported fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that topped expectations on Thursday, but cut its quarterly dividend nearly in half. The retail pharmacy giant slashed its dividend to...
Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of Moderna jumped more than 15% on Tuesday after Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to "outperform," saying the Covid vaccine maker could market five products by 2026.The upgrade follows a dismal 2023 for Moderna, whose only commercially available product is its Covid shot....
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesU.S. patients and drugmakers will get a first glimpse of how much Medicare can negotiate down drug prices...
Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDrugmakers are closing out a year when they achieved several historic firsts that will shape the pharmaceutical industry in 2024 and beyond. The weight loss drug market transformed into the pharmaceutical industry's newest gold rush this year, as demand for costly but highly effective...
George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWeight loss drugs exploded into the public eye this year, and 2024 will bring more change to the evolving market. The drugs skyrocketed in popularity in 2023 as they helped patients shed significant weight, despite hefty price tags, mixed insurance coverage and a handful...
An exterior view of Moderna's clinical manufacturing facility. David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesModerna and Merck's experimental cancer vaccine, when used in combination with Merck's blockbuster therapy Keytruda, reduced the risk of death or relapse in patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer after three...