Biotech and Pharmaceuticals

FDA to consider drug affordability when speeding up approvals: Makary

FDA to consider drug affordability when speeding up approvals: Makary

Craig Fedirighi

The Food and Drug Administration will consider drug affordability when granting companies new vouchers that speed up approvals of some ...

Hims & Hers offers generic semaglutide as Novo Nordisk patent lapses

Hims & Hers offers generic semaglutide as Novo Nordisk patent lapses

Craig Fedirighi

Hims & Hers Health announced Wednesday it will offer generic semaglutide in Canada as Novo Nordisk‘s patent on its branded ...

Trump threatens pharmaceutical tariffs of 200%

Trump threatens pharmaceutical tariffs of 200%

Mickey Vernon

US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 8, ...

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel votes against thimerosal flu shots

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel votes against thimerosal flu shots

Craig Fedirighi

Biostatistician and epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, MD, PhD, and Dr. Mina Zadeh, ACIP Executive Secretary, CDC, look on as people present ...

How Trump bill Medicaid cuts will impact U.S. health care

How Trump bill Medicaid cuts will impact U.S. health care

Craig Fedirighi

An aerial view of Valley Health Hampshire Memorial Hospital on June 17, 2025 in Romney, W.V. Ricky Carioti | The ...

RFK Jr. CDC vaccine panel backs Merck RSV shot for infants

RFK Jr. CDC vaccine panel backs Merck RSV shot for infants

Craig Fedirighi

The exterior view of the entrance to Merck headquarters in Rahway, New Jersey, on Feb. 5, 2024. Spencer Platt | ...

Novo Nordisk ends Wegovy deal with Hims & Hers

Novo Nordisk ends Wegovy deal with Hims & Hers

Craig Fedirighi

The “Wegovy” brand slimming syringe is sold in the Achat pharmacy in Mitte. The “Wegovy” slimming syringe has been available ...

FDA approves Gilead HIV prevention injection lenacapavir

FDA approves Gilead HIV prevention injection lenacapavir

Craig Fedirighi

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead’s twice-yearly antiviral injection for preventing HIV — a milestone that the ...

Ozempic, Wegovy linked to rare cases of eye condition

Ozempic, Wegovy linked to rare cases of eye condition

Craig Fedirighi

Weight loss syringes of the brands “Wegovy”, “Ozempic” are sold at In der Achat Apotheke in Mitte, Germany. Picture Alliance ...

RFK Jr. changes Covid vaccine recommendation

RFK Jr. changes Covid vaccine recommendation

Craig Fedirighi

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to ...

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