A pharmacist holds boxs of Eli Lilly & Co. Mounjaro brand tirzepatide medication arranged at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSkyrocketing demand for a class of weight loss and diabetes treatments has lifted Eli Lilly to new heights...
Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Eli Lilly & Co.'s shares climbed in early US trading after its experimental drug for Alzheimer's slowed the progress of the disease in a final-stage trial, paving the way for the company to apply for US approval.AJ...
Empty bottles of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine.Fred Tanneau | AFP | Getty ImagesModerna on Monday said its combination vaccine that targets both Covid-19 and the flu was more effective than existing standalone shots for those viruses in a late-stage trial. The biotech company is the first to release positive phase three...
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...