President Donald Trump makes an announcement from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Nov. 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the launch of TrumpRx — a direct-to-consumer website that is key to his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs in the U.S. The president said…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Tom Brenner | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a rising wave of tariffs on several European allies, raising the alarm for industries and…
We get so caught up in the buzz and the sizzle that we forget about the steak, especially in this era of GLP-1s, which have revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and obesity and are being studied for so many more diseases and conditions. That’s my chief takeaway from meeting with 15 different CEOs, a dozen…
Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing. Extreme-photographer | E+ | Getty Images A multitude of factors are coming together to bring a big burst in biotech M&A….
President Donald Trump signs an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals by 30% to 80% during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Several of the largest U.S. and European-based drugmakers inked deals with…
This photograph taken on October 30, 2022, shows the logo of the Swiss pharmaceutical and drug maker Novartis on a building in Basel. Gabriel Monnet | Afp | Getty Images Novartis “can never be done” when it comes to major acquisitions in its sector as it always needs to look for the next “great asset,”…
LONDON — European stocks are expected to open flat to higher on Tuesday as global markets await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening a touch higher, Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 0.2% lower and Italy’s FTSE MIB just below the flatline, according to data from IG. The…
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 Monday ‘s key moments. 1. Stocks moved higher Monday, with all three indexes again touching fresh record intra-day highs due to easing trade tensions between the United States and China. But for Jim…
Signage for Novartis AG at a building in the company’s headquarters campus in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is nearing a deal to buy biotechnology company Avidity Biosciences for more than $70 a share, Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with the…
The Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California. Eric Thayer | 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. Drugmakers are increasingly using telehealth platforms to sell their medicines directly to patients…
