Pfizer scraps daily weight loss pill after liver injury in one patient

Pfizer scraps daily weight loss pill after liver injury in one patient

Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images Pfizer on Monday said it would end development of its experimental daily weight loss pill after a patient experienced a liver injury that was potentially caused by the drug in a trial.  The patient did not experience any liver-related symptoms or side effects, a Pfizer spokesperson said … 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

Hard-hit Apple bounces back with the market, and an analyst is divided on our drug stocks

Hard-hit Apple bounces back with the market, and an analyst is divided on our drug stocks

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Wall Street surged Tuesday on increased hopes of tariff deals, following a wickedly volatile session Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed around 1,400 points, or 3.7%. The S … 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

Hims & Hers shares rise as company adds new weight-loss medications to platform

Hims & Hers shares rise as company adds new weight-loss medications to platform

The Hims app arranged on a smartphone in New York on Feb. 12, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hims & Hers Health shares rose more than 5% on Tuesday after the company announced patients can access Eli Lilly‘s weight loss medication Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro, as well as the generic injection … 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

Healthy Returns: AstraZeneca cholesterol pill shows promise as race with Merck heats up

Healthy Returns: AstraZeneca cholesterol pill shows promise as race with Merck heats up

Signage at the AstraZeneca facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US, on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.  Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | 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 receive future editions. The race to develop more convenient … Read more