A view shows GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in London, Britain, January 17, 2022.Hannah Mckay | ReutersThe Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded the approval of GSK's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to adults ages 50 to 59 who are at increased risk of getting severely sick from the potentially lethal virus. The...
Moderna and Merck released more positive three-year data Monday on their experimental vaccine, given to patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer in combination with the therapy Keytruda.The vaccine together with Merck's Keytruda improved survival and showed long-lasting efficacy in a midstage study in patients with a...
CHICAGO — Pfizer on Friday said its drug for an advanced form of lung cancer showed promising long-term results in a late-stage trial, which may help establish it as the new standard treatment for the condition.The company's medicine helped patients live longer without seeing their cancer progress, and most...
Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Moderna's vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus for adults ages 60 and above, the company's second-ever product to enter the U.S. market. The decision is a win for Moderna, which desperately needs another revenue source amid plunging...
An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023.Brendan McDermid | ReutersEli Lilly on Friday said it is investing another $5.3 billion in a manufacturing plant in Lebanon, Indiana, to boost supply of its highly popular weight loss...
The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 7, 2024.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesPharmacy staff at two CVS retail stores in Rhode Island voted to join a new national pharmacy union on Friday,...
Cows are seen standing in a feedlot on June 14, 2023 in Quemado, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesU.S. health officials are monitoring and preparing to combat bird flu in humans, even as they stress that the risk to the general public remains low. A strain of bird flu called H5N1...
Exterior view of the Pfizer headquarters building on January 29, 2023 in New York City. Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty ImagesPfizer on Wednesday said it has launched a new multi-year program to reduce costs as it works to rebound from the rapid decline of its Covid business. The announcement...
The Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California.Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Amgen's therapy for patients with the most deadly form of lung cancer. The agency cleared the drug, which will be marketed under the name Imdelltra, as a second or later...
A logo at the Roche Holding AG headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRoche on Thursday said its experimental weight loss drug showed promising results in an early-stage trial, boosting the company's bid to compete in the booming market for those treatments.The Swiss company joined...