Recursion gets FDA approval to begin phase 1 trials of AI-discovered cancer treatment

Recursion gets FDA approval to begin phase 1 trials of AI-discovered cancer treatment

Source: Recursion Pharmaceuticals AI drug pioneer Recursion Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that one of its experimental treatments hit a key milestone. Recursion was able to use its artificial intelligence-enabled drug discovery platform to identify an area of biology to target for the treatment of solid tumors and lymphoma, match it with a drug candidate and move … Read more

Eli Lilly to build $4.5 billion research and manufacturing center

Eli Lilly to build .5 billion research and manufacturing center

Eli Lilly will spend $4.5 billion to build a center aimed at finding better ways to manufacture its medicines.  The facility, called the Lilly Medicine Foundry, will house development of new manufacturing methods with an eye toward efficiency. It’s a strategy that’s already paying off with Lilly’s obesity and weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, … Read more

Pfizer pulls sickle cell disease drug from markets

Pfizer pulls sickle cell disease drug from markets

Kena Betancur | Corbis News | 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. Hello and happy Tuesday! Today, we’re unpacking a shocking move from Pfizer.  The pharmaceutical giant last week announced it … Read more

CVS is working with advisors on strategic review, sources say

CVS is working with advisors on strategic review, sources say

CVS Pharmacy logo is seen in Washington DC, United States on July 9, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images CVS Health‘s board has engaged advisors to conduct a strategic review of its business, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company contends with potential activist pressure and a severely depressed stock … Read more

GE Healthcare has been an under-the-radar winner — and a new catalyst just arrived

GE Healthcare has been an under-the-radar winner — and a new catalyst just arrived

GE Healthcare ‘s quiet outperformance is becoming harder to tune out — and its new drug used in radiology to improve the diagnosis of heart disease can help the Club stock make some more noise. In a note to clients Sunday, Wells Fargo analysts said that GE Healthcare’s diagnostic agent Flyrcado is “possibly the most … Read more

Major CVS shareholder plans activist push, meet with execs: sources

Major CVS shareholder plans activist push, meet with execs: sources

CVS Pharmacy logo is seen at store in Florida Keys, United States on May 7, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Glenview Capital, a major CVS Health shareholder, is expected to meet with company leadership on Monday to lay out proposed fixes for the struggling business, according to people familiar with the matter, … Read more

Harris leads with Latino voters, but the economy narrows the margin for Dems: Survey

Harris leads with Latino voters, but the economy narrows the margin for Dems: Survey

The economic woes from inflation look to have accelerated a shift of Latino voters toward Republicans, cutting in half a Democratic lead with a critical voting group in the lead up to a tight presidential election, according to an NBC/CNBC/Telemundo survey. The survey of 1,000 Latino likely voters found the Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President … Read more

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025. More than a million people will probably have to find new coverage as major insurers cut costs and pull back from markets for Medicare Advantage plans, the privately run version … Read more

Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO

Senate approves criminal contempt resolution against Steward Health Care CEO

BOSTON — The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to testify before a Senate panel. The senate approved the measure by unanimous consent. Members of a Senate committee looking into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care adopted the resolution … Read more

FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s schizophrenia drug

FDA approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s schizophrenia drug

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Cobenfy drug Courtesy: Bristol Myers Squibb The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol Myers Squibb‘s highly anticipated schizophrenia drug Cobenfy, the first novel type of treatment for the debilitating, chronic mental disorder in more than seven decades.  Schizophrenia affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves, and can cause paranoia, … Read more