Health
October 10, 2024
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Former Pfizer CEO, finance chief step back from Starboard's activist campaign

Ian Read, chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer, speaks as President Donald Trump, left, listens during an announcement on a new pharmaceutical glass packaging initiative in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2017.  Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Pfizer CEO Ian Read and ex-CFO Frank […]

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October 09, 2024
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CVS, UnitedHealth say FTC should take Lina Khan and two commissioners off drug middlemen case

FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Trade Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.  Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group are demanding Federal Trade Commission Chair […]

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October 08, 2024
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Healthy Returns: What activist Starboard's $1 billion stake means for Pfizer

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Happy Tuesday! Pfizer‘s troubles may finally be coming to a head.  Former executives of the pharmaceutical giant are backing a […]

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October 01, 2024
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Healthy Returns: Pfizer pulls sickle cell disease drug from markets – here’s why it matters

Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Hello and happy Tuesday! Today, we’re unpacking a shocking move from Pfizer.  The pharmaceutical giant last week announced it […]

Business
September 26, 2024
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FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb's schizophrenia drug, the first new type of treatment in decades

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Cobenfy drug Courtesy: Bristol Myers Squibb The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol Myers Squibb‘s highly anticipated schizophrenia drug Cobenfy, the first novel type of treatment for the debilitating, chronic mental disorder in more than seven decades.  Schizophrenia affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves, and can cause paranoia, […]

Health
September 24, 2024
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'Stop ripping us off': Senate grills Novo Nordisk CEO on weight loss drug pricing

Novo Nordisk‘s top executive faced a Senate grilling on Tuesday over the high prices of the company’s weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic, as demand for both injections soars in the U.S.  Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen did not explicitly promise lawmakers at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, […]

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September 21, 2024
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FTC sues drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices

Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Friday sued three large U.S. health companies that negotiate insulin prices, arguing the […]