Healthy Returns: Trump seeks to change Medicare drug price negotiations in a win for pharma

Healthy Returns: Trump seeks to change Medicare drug price negotiations in a win for pharma

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to … Read more

These are the 4 biggest things we’re watching in the stock market in the week ahead

These are the 4 biggest things we’re watching in the stock market in the week ahead

The stock market heads into Monday on a streak of volatility it just can’t seem to shake. What had been shaping up as a positive holiday-shortened week turned on a dime Wednesday when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled concern that President Donald Trump ‘s tariffs could increase inflation and slow economic growth. Speaking at … Read more

Healthy Returns: What drugmakers are saying about Trump’s looming pharmaceutical tariffs

Healthy Returns: What drugmakers are saying about Trump’s looming pharmaceutical tariffs

A worker is working on a drug production line at the production workshop of a pharmaceutical company in Meishan, China, on January 30, 2024.  Nurphoto | 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 … Read more

Medical product manufacturers are divided over Trump’s tariffs

Medical product manufacturers are divided over Trump’s tariffs

President Donald Trump‘s tariffs are creating a divide in the medical community. Medical devices and protective gear made in China, Mexico and Canada were exempt from duties during the first Trump administration, but so far have not gotten a reprieve from his newest round of levies. While device makers who would take a big hit … Read more

Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs could raise costs for patients, worsen drug shortages

Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs could raise costs for patients, worsen drug shortages

A pharmacist collects medications for prescriptions at a pharmacy. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S. could have wide-ranging consequences for drugmakers and American patients, some experts told CNBC.  The duties could disrupt the complex pharmaceutical supply chain, drive up the prices of drugs … Read more

Healthy Returns: Trump says major pharmaceutical tariffs coming ‘very shortly’

Healthy Returns: Trump says major pharmaceutical tariffs coming ‘very shortly’

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, on the day he signs energy-related executive orders at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025.  Leah Millis | Reuters 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 … Read more

Pharmaceutical stocks fall as Trump doubles down on tariffs threat

Pharmaceutical stocks fall as Trump doubles down on tariffs threat

The Lilly Biotechnology Center in San Diego, California, on March 1, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Shares of drugmakers fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump doubled down on plans to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S.  Shares of U.S.-based companies Eli Lilly, AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb and Regeneron all fell about 4% … Read more

Trump drops Biden’s proposal for Medicare to cover obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound

Trump drops Biden’s proposal for Medicare to cover obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound

A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk.  Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday dropped a Biden administration proposal to have Medicare cover obesity drugs, including popular but costly GLP-1 treatments such as Novo Nordisk‘s Wegovy and Eli Lilly‘s Zepbound. But the Centers … Read more

Europe’s pharma industry braces for tariffs as carve-out hopes fade

Europe’s pharma industry braces for tariffs as carve-out hopes fade

SEIZED OZEMPIC, WEGOVY AND OTHER WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS AT JFK AIRPORT’S INTERNATIONAL MAIL FACILITY. CNBC COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Europe’s pharmaceutical sector is bracing for the potential impact of U.S. tariffs as hopes of an industry-wide exemption by U.S. President Donald Trump fade. The pharmaceutical industry has until now been exempt from trade levies, but Trump … Read more

Trump’s tariffs are a new challenge for Big Pharma. Here are the best positioned stocks

Trump’s tariffs are a new challenge for Big Pharma. Here are the best positioned stocks

Long-standing trade agreements have largely sheltered the pharmaceutical industry from tariffs but President Donald Trump’s goal of bringing manufacturing back to the United States has put the industry in the administration’s crosshairs. Trump first floated the idea of imposing tariffs of as much as 25% on imported pharmaceuticals in mid-February. Since then, he has repeated … Read more