Novartis AG NOVN –.–% Sanofi SA SAN –.–% Roche Holding AG ROG –.–% Eli Lilly and Co LLY –.–% Johnson & Johnson JNJ –.–% U.S. pharmaceutical companies are racing to assess the fallout from President Donald Trump’s proposal of a 200%…
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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed on Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. The diagnosis came after Mr. Biden reported urinary symptoms, which led…
Elizabeth Holmes is in prison for defrauding investors through her blood-testing company, Theranos. In the meantime, her partner is starting one of his own. Billy Evans, who has two children with Ms. Holmes, is trying to raise money for a…
Republicans are backing away from broad proposals to slash federal funding to Medicaid and inching toward a more modest approach, fearful of the political risk of cutting a program that has swelled to the point thatit now insures 1 in…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will dramatically speed up his plans togive away most of his wealth, saying he will reduce his estimated $108 billion net worth by 99 percent over 20 years and prepare his eponymous foundation to stop operating…
The White House pulled the nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be the surgeon general in favor of Casey Means, a key figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement. The decision came a day before Nesheiwat, a physician and former…
WeightWatchers, the 62-year-old program that revolutionized dieting for millions of people around the world, has filed for bankruptcy. The company announced Tuesday it has entered Chapter 11, which “will bolster its financial position, increase investment flexibility in its strategic growth initiatives,…
ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. — The barred cell doors are so rusted they can’t close. Century-old lead paint is peeling off the walls. Concrete is crumbling, and the old rec yard is caked in seagull guano. This is no longer a…
Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy protection Monday for the second time, less than a year after the embattled drugstore chain emerged from Chapter 11 as a private company. Rite Aid said in a news release that it’s looking for a buyer and…
Novo Nordisk scored a huge legal victory that largely restricts compounding pharmacies from marketing or selling cheaper, unapproved versions of the drugmaker’s blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic. A federal judge in Texas late Thursday rejected a bid…
