A smart acquisition strategy has made Bristol-Meyers, which has bought seven companies since October 2007, a big player in the cancer-treatment industry. Its purchase of Medarex in July added a key drug for metastic melanoma that’s in Phase III trials. The drug has possible multiple indications – industry jargon for its ability to treat more…
Novo Nordisk shareholders are suing the drugmaker over its experimental obesity treatment CagriSema, alleging the company misled investors about a key clinical trial before releasing disappointing results that wiped billions of dollars off its market value. A federal judge on Tuesday allowed parts of that lawsuit to move forward, finding that investors had plausibly alleged…
Vegetables on display in a grocery store on Aug. 15, 2025, in Delray Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands in the U.S. is drawing renewed attention to a decades-long shift in how fresh food moves through the country. While investigators work to identify the original source of…
The boom in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and other specialized medicines has created lucrative logistics opportunities in an industry that pays a premium for reliability, visibility, and regulatory know-how. The expertise needed to properly transport these temperature-sensitive therapies is just part of the reason why FedEx created a dedicated unit to handle what has become a…
It was a tough week for stocks, as investors navigated everything from escalating tensions in the Middle East to key tech earnings reports to healthcare developments. Logging their second straight weekly losses, the S & P 500 slipped 0.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 2.1%. Here’s a closer look at what drove the trading action….
A customer shops for cilantro at a Walmart Supercenter on July 23, 2026, in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The nation’s largest multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to shredded iceberg lettuce has expanded to nine states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The four newly linked states — Illinois, Kansas,…
Packages of Taylor Farms salad greens are displayed at a Safeway store on July 16, 2026 in Kings Beach, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration’s reversal on a key piece of its cyclosporiasis investigation has sparked confusion in the U.S., but the agency said Monday that it has not changed…
Psilocybin mushrooms stand ready for harvest in a humidified “fruiting chamber.” John Moore | Getty Images Thursday’s announcement that Eli Lilly will acquire AtaiBeckley, a clinical-stage maker of psychedelic drugs, for up to $3.8 billion indicates Big Pharma’s increasing embrace of a long-stigmatized class of medications as alternatives for treating an array of mental health…
A beautiful, but over weight Maine Coon Cat gets measured around the belly by a vet. Ryersonclark | E+ | Getty Images Felix is five years old, loves food, and refuses to lose weight. His owner, Amy in Dallas, has tried cutting back on meals, but with two cats in the house, “he just gobbles…
Customers enter a Taco Bell restaurant on July 14, 2026 in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Taco Bell has removed lettuce linked to a cyclosporiasis outbreak from restaurants, it said Friday. The outbreak has currently affected more than 1,600 people across five states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
