Targeted cancer drugs may replace chemo for some patients — and drugmakers say they’re getting closer

Targeted cancer drugs may replace chemo for some patients — and drugmakers say they’re getting closer

Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are targeted medicines that deliver chemotherapy agents to cancer cells 3d rendering Love Employee | Istock | Getty Images Chemotherapy has long been a cornerstone of cancer treatment, saving millions of lives. But the pharmaceutical industry says a popular class of targeted cancer therapies could one day replace chemotherapy and its … Read more

Kraft Heinz to remove artificial dyes from U.S. products by end of 2027

Kraft Heinz to remove artificial dyes from U.S. products by end of 2027

Cases of Kool-Aid Jammers are stacked at a Costco Wholesale store on April 27, 2025 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Kraft Heinz said Tuesday that it will remove FD&C artificial dyes from its products by the end of 2027, and will not launch any new products in the U.S. containing those … Read more

RFK Jr.’s firing of CDC vaccine panel undermines science, could threaten public health, experts say

RFK Jr.’s firing of CDC vaccine panel undermines science, could threaten public health, experts say

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. leaves the stage after discussing the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters … Read more

FDA approves Merck’s RSV shot for infants, ramping up competition with Sanofi and AstraZeneca

FDA approves Merck’s RSV shot for infants, ramping up competition with Sanofi and AstraZeneca

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck’s shot designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus during their first season of the virus, bringing to market a rival to a similar treatment from Sanofi and AstraZeneca. The decision will allow the company to launch the drug, which will be marketed as Enflonsia, ahead … Read more

Omada shares pop 42% in Nasdaq debut after health tech company’s IPO

Omada shares pop 42% in Nasdaq debut after health tech company’s IPO

Omada Health shares jumped more than 40% in their Nasdaq debut Friday after the virtual chronic care company priced its stock at $19 per share in its IPO. The stock opened at $23 and quickly traded past $27. The company said in a press release late Thursday that it sold 7.9 million shares in the … Read more

Hims & Hers to acquire European telehealth platform in global expansion

Hims & Hers to acquire European telehealth platform in global expansion

The Hims logo arranged on a smartphone in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hims & Hers Health announced Tuesday it will acquire European telehealth platform Zava in its push to expand globally. “We’re excited to take this moment to really accelerate both the European expansion, but … Read more

Elon Musk’s Neuralink raises $650 million in fresh capital

Elon Musk’s Neuralink raises 0 million in fresh capital

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s brain tech startup Neuralink has closed a $650 million funding round, the company announced Monday. ARK Invest, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and other firms participated in the round, according to a press release. Neuralink said the fresh capital will help the … Read more

CDC ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy kids and pregnant women

CDC ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy kids and pregnant women

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer … Read more

How UnitedHealthcare became the face of America’s health insurance frustrations

How UnitedHealthcare became the face of America’s health insurance frustrations

Flags fly at half staff outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Dec. 4, 2024. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images News | Getty Images It took six months, countless hours on hold and intervention from state regulators before Sue Cover says she finally resolved an over $1,000 billing dispute with UnitedHealthcare in 2023. … Read more

Cigna announces new deal for copay caps on Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk weight loss drugs

Cigna announces new deal for copay caps on Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk weight loss drugs

Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Only half of health insurer Cigna‘s clients currently cover the popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound because of their high costs. But the company’s pharmacy benefits unit Evernorth has reached a deal with … Read more