FDA moves to take prescription fluoride drops and tablets for kids off the market

FDA moves to take prescription fluoride drops and tablets for kids off the market

Ferlistockphoto | Istock | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced it will begin the process of pulling prescription fluoride drops and tablets for children off the market. The supplements are usually given to kids at high risk for cavities. The federal government and some state legislatures are increasingly drawing attention to what they … Read more

Hinge Health aims to raise up to $437 million in IPO, pricing at $28 to $32 per share

Hinge Health aims to raise up to 7 million in IPO, pricing at  to  per share

Hinge Health co-founders Gabriel Mecklenburg (left) and Daniel Perez (right). Courtesy of Hinge Health Hinge Health said in a filing on Tuesday that it plans to raise up to $437 million in its upcoming initial public offering. The digital physical therapy startup filed its initial prospectus in March, and it updated the document with an expected … Read more

Trump wants to slash U.S. drug prices with ‘most favored nation’ policy – here’s what to know 

Trump wants to slash U.S. drug prices with ‘most favored nation’ policy – here’s what to know 

President Donald Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday moved forward with a plan to lower U.S. … Read more

Trump to sign order to cut some U.S. drug prices to match those abroad

Trump to sign order to cut some U.S. drug prices to match those abroad

US President Donald Trump participates in a celebration of military mothers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday will revive a controversial policy that aims to slash drug costs by tying the amount the government … Read more

Virtual chronic care company Omada Health files for IPO

Virtual chronic care company Omada Health files for IPO

Omada Health smart devices in use. Courtesy: Omada Health Virtual care company Omada Health filed for an IPO on Friday, the latest digital health company that’s signaled its intent to hit the public markets despite a turbulent economy. Founded in 2012, Omada offers virtual care programs to support patients with chronic conditions like prediabetes, diabetes … Read more

These 6 portfolio names pledged big U.S. investments since Trump took office again

These 6 portfolio names pledged big U.S. investments since Trump took office again

Many of the biggest U.S. companies have pledged to invest trillions of dollars in the United States since President Donald Trump started his second term — including six names in our portfolio. These moves are aimed at aligning companies with the president’s vision for a new global trade order designed to bring manufacturing jobs back … Read more

Trump pulls surgeon general nominee after questions about medical education

Trump pulls surgeon general nominee after questions about medical education

US Vice President JD Vance, from left, Pam Bondi, US attorney general, Chris Wright, US energy secretary, Janette Nesheiwat, US surgeon general nominee for US President Donald Trump, and Lee Zeldin, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, … Read more

Hinge Health says revenue increased 50% in first quarter — still no price range for IPO

Hinge Health says revenue increased 50% in first quarter — still no price range for IPO

Hinge Health’s TrueMotion feature. Courtesy: Hinge Health Hinge Health on Monday updated its prospectus to include the results from its first quarter, which showed accelerating revenue growth over its fourth quarter. The digital physical therapy startup filed to go public in March, but it has not shared a price range yet. Hinge said that revenue … Read more

Trump signs order to boost domestic drug manufacturing as pharma tariffs loom

Trump signs order to boost domestic drug manufacturing as pharma tariffs loom

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to incentivize prescription drug manufacturing in the U.S., streamlining the path for pharmaceutical companies to build new production … Read more

From ‘Cockroach Award’ to the Big Board: Hinge Health’s unlikely path to IPO

Hinge Health aims to raise up to 7 million in IPO, pricing at  to  per share

Hinge Health co-founders Gabriel Mecklenburg (left) and Daniel Perez (right). Courtesy of Hinge Health At digital physical therapy startup Hinge Health, CEO Daniel Perez used to recognize hard-working employees with the “Cockroach Award,” a distinction that brought with it a “cockroach squad” t-shirt and a cash payout. References to the insect were abundant at the … Read more