Biotechnology

Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesBiotech company Viking Therapeutics has emerged as a strong potential entrant — or takeover target — in the budding weight loss drug market. Viking is just one of several companies racing to join the growing space.…

Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Friday rejected AstraZeneca's…

A container holding boxes of Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersCVS and Walgreens will start selling…

Appointment Targets Innovation for Fortune 500 Health and Wellness Companies While Helping to Close the Women's Wellness Gap—a $1 Trillion OpportunitySAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nalu Bio, a biotech company that is…

Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesVaccine maker Novavax on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that missed Wall Street's estimates and reiterated plans to cut costs as it fights to stay afloat. Still, Novavax…

Cr | Istock | Getty ImagesShares of Viking Therapeutics soared more than 80% in premarket trading Tuesday after the company's experimental weight loss drug showed promising initial results in a mid-stage trial. Viking Therapeutics is one of…

A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands.Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty ImagesNovavax on Thursday…

Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesModerna on Thursday posted a surprise quarterly profit, in part boosted by deferred revenue, even as the company saw slumping sales from its Covid vaccine, its only marketable product. The results…

First-Ever Program in the Country to Offer At-Home Self-Collection of Samples for HPV TestingSINGAPORE, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today…

Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed AbbVie logo in this illustration taken on May 21, 2021.Dado Ruvic | ReutersAbbVie on Tuesday said longtime executive Robert Michael will become the company's new CEO, replacing Richard Gonzalez. …