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Michael Erman

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Trump's FDA nominee tepidly backs role for vaccine advisers in guarded Senate appearance

Martin Makary, President Donald Trump's nominee to run the U.S.

Trump's FDA nominee tepidly backs role for vaccine advisers in guarded Senate appearance
Health|Political|US

Kennedy proposes scrapping public comment on major US health policies

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

Kennedy proposes scrapping public comment on major US health policies
Health|Political|Science|US

Meeting of US FDA vaccine advisers canceled, committee member says

A meeting of a committee which advises the U.S.

Meeting of US FDA vaccine advisers canceled, committee member says
Business|Health|Political|Science|Technology|US

US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink

The U.S.

US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink
Business|Economy|Health|Political|Technology

Trump is firing federal workers who are not funded by taxpayers

Elon Musk's DOGE team has slashed hundreds of jobs paid for by fees from banks, medical device companies and other forms of funding

Trump is firing federal workers who are not funded by taxpayers
Economy|Environment|Health|Political|Science

Trump cuts could clash with Kennedy's long to-do list

Robert F.

Trump cuts could clash with Kennedy's long to-do list
Business|Economy|Finance|Health|Stock Markets|US

Bristol Myers forecasts steeper drop in 2025 revenue, shares fall

Bristol Myers Squibb on Thursday said its 2025 revenue would fall more sharply than Wall Street had forecast due to generic competition for some of its

Bristol Myers forecasts steeper drop in 2025 revenue, shares fall
Business|Economy|Health|Political|US

Trump faces pressure from US industry over China tariff on medicines

President Donald Trump is facing pressure from U.S. hospitals and generic drugmakers to exempt medical goods from his new tariffs on Chinese imports,

Trump faces pressure from US industry over China tariff on medicines
Business|Economy|Finance|Health|Stock Markets

Pfizer shows profit growth from cost cuts and steadier COVID sales

Drugmaker Pfizer posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by cost cuts it began last year as it aims to show investors

Pfizer shows profit growth from cost cuts and steadier COVID sales
Asia|Business|Economy|Health|Stock Markets

Merck stops Gardasil shipments to China, hitting 2025 outlook; shares tumble

Merck said on Tuesday it would not ship its HPV vaccine Gardasil in China until at least the middle of this year due to weak discretionary spending, a move

Merck stops Gardasil shipments to China, hitting 2025 outlook; shares tumble
Business|Economy|Health|US

Smaller US winter COVID wave adds pressure to Pfizer turnaround

Health experts are seeing signs of a much smaller wave of U.S.

Smaller US winter COVID wave adds pressure to Pfizer turnaround
Health|Political|US

Opponents of Kennedy's bid for top US health post urge senators to reject him

More than 80 organizations voiced opposition on Friday to Robert F.

Opponents of Kennedy's bid for top US health post urge senators to reject him
Business|Finance|Health|News|US

Pharma industry to get US government price cut proposals by Thursday

Pharmaceutical companies are due to receive by Thursday the U.S. government's opening proposal for discounts it is seeking on 10 high-cost medicines, an important step in

Business|Finance|Health|US

Drugmakers sign on to negotiate Medicare prices under protest

All the drugmakers that make the 10 prescription medicines subject to the first-ever price negotiations for the U.S.

Drugmakers sign on to negotiate Medicare prices under protest
Business|Health|US

US plans shift of Merck COVID treatment to commercial market

The U.S. government will stop distributing free doses of Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir by the middle of next month and expects it to be sold on

US plans shift of Merck COVID treatment to commercial market
Health|US

New COVID shots still hard to find for some Americans

Americans have started rolling up their sleeves for the latest version of the COVID-19 vaccine, but weeks into the rollout some

New COVID shots still hard to find for some Americans
Business|Finance|Health|Stock Markets

Merck 3rd-quarter profit tops expectations on COVID pill surprise

Merck & Co on Thursday reported higher-than-expected third-quarter sales and profit on surprisingly strong demand for its COVID-19 treatment, primarily in Japan.

Merck 3rd-quarter profit tops expectations on COVID pill surprise
Business|Health|US

Bristol Myers says it needs another year to hit target for new drugs

Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb on Thursday pushed back by a year the time frame for its current new-product portfolio to hit $10 billion in sales as the ramp-up of new

Bristol Myers says it needs another year to hit target for new drugs
Business|Health|News

Pfizer RSV vaccine lags GSK’s as head-to-head competition underway

Pfizer, which dominated COVID vaccine sales, now finds itself looking up at GSK, whose rival new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine has surged to an early lead

Pfizer RSV vaccine lags GSK’s as head-to-head competition underway
Business|Finance|Health

Pfizer looks beyond COVID after quarterly loss on Paxlovid charge

Pfizer on Tuesday urged investors to focus on growth in non-COVID products such as the new RSV vaccine Abrysvo as slumping demand for COVID-19 vaccines

Pfizer looks beyond COVID after quarterly loss on Paxlovid charge
Business|Finance|Stock Markets

Pfizer shares sink after it resets 2024 COVID expectations

Pfizer on Wednesday forecast 2024 sales that could be as much as $5 billion below Wall Street expectations, a move top executives said provided a more

Pfizer shares sink after it resets 2024 COVID expectations
Business|Health|News|US

Merck posts better-than-expected quarterly results on soaring Keytruda sales

Merck & Co on Thursday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on strong sales of its cancer immunotherapy Keytruda, now the world's biggest selling

Merck posts better-than-expected quarterly results on soaring Keytruda sales
Business|Finance|Health|Stock Markets|US

Bristol Myers posts better-than-expected 4th-quarter results

Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday posted better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter as sales of its new anemia drug Reblozyl and its already off patent

Bristol Myers posts better-than-expected 4th-quarter results
Business|News|Science|Technology|US

Exclusive-China's WuXi AppTec shared US client's data with Beijing, US intelligence officials told senators

U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi

Exclusive-China's WuXi AppTec shared US client's data with Beijing, US intelligence officials told senators
Health|Science|World

What are the FLiRT COVID variants and are they more contagious?

The so-called FLiRT variants of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that cause COVID-19 have been the dominant forms of the virus circulating this year globally, according to

What are the FLiRT COVID variants and are they more contagious?

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