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

Pfizer CEO says tariff uncertainty is deterring further U.S. investment in manufacturing, R&D

Pfizer CEO says tariff uncertainty is deterring further U.S. investment in manufacturing, R&D

Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City, U.S., May 22, 2024.  Andrew Kelly | Reuters Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday said uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs is deterring the company from further investing in U.S. manufacturing and … Read more

Pfizer expands cost cuts, tops quarterly profit estimates even as sales fall

Pfizer expands cost cuts, tops quarterly profit estimates even as sales fall

The Pfizer logo is seen outside the pharmaceutical company’s manufacturing plant, in Newbridge, Ireland February 10, 2025.  Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Pfizer on Tuesday expanded its cost-cutting efforts and reported first-quarter profit that topped estimates, even as the company’s sales fell, largely due to dwindling revenue for its antiviral Covid pill Paxlovid. The company previously … Read more

Why we’re lowering our Bristol Myers price target despite an earnings beat, guidance raise

Why we’re lowering our Bristol Myers price target despite an earnings beat, guidance raise

Bristol Myers Squibb ‘s earnings beat and rosy outlook Thursday did not resolve lingering issues for the stock. But it was enough, for now. Revenue in the first quarter, which ended March 31, dipped 6% to $11.2 billion but topped estimates of $10.7 billion, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share of $1.80 beat expectations … Read more

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

Eli Lilly shares surge on new obesity pill data. What it means for the stock from here

Eli Lilly shares surge on new obesity pill data. What it means for the stock from here

Eli Lilly is tightening its grip on the lucrative weight-loss market as it moves into a new, more convenient phase that promises to broaden the appeal of its breakthrough drugs. The news Club name Lilly said its daily obesity pill was successful in a late-stage trial for Type 2 diabetes — sending shares soaring more … Read more

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

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’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

Vaccine stocks fall after key FDA official resigns in protest of RFK Jr.

Vaccine stocks fall after key FDA official resigns in protest of RFK Jr.

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of major vaccine makers dropped on Monday after a key U.S. health official resigned in protest of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on immunization. The departure of Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator, has raised fresh fears about … Read more