Indonesian Red Cross officers spray disinfectant at the Pondok Bambu residential area in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 10, 2022. This action as an effort to suppress the omicron variant of the corona...
Tag: Pharmaceuticals
Aurora Cannabis stock gains after first beat on pot sales in more than a year
Aurora Cannabis Inc. shares gained in late trading Thursday, after the Canadian pot producer beat sales expectations for the first time in more than a year. Aurora ACB, -1.08% ACB, -1.02% reported a f...
New York Gov. Hochul expected to lift indoor mask mandate
[The stream is slated to start at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to drop the state’s strict indoor ...
Cancer awareness now ‘more vital than it’s ever been’
Elizabeth Hurley visits SiriusXM Studios. Slaven Vlasic | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Actress, model, businesswoman and philanthropist, Elizabeth Hurley, told CNBC that the Covid-19 pand...
Bears beware. Past corrections for the S&P 500 are only 15% on average, outside of recessions
Even after a rough January for Wall Street, it might take the U.S. economy slipping into a recession before the S&P 500 index risks entering a bear market, according to Oxford Economics. “Equities...
Companies founded by Martin Shkreli will pay in Daraprim case
Ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli arrives at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in June, 2017. Getty Images Companies founded by notorious “Pharma Bro” M...
U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday
Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...
Covid vaccine skepticism fueling wider anti-vax sentiment, doctors say
Protestors demonstrate against Covid vaccine mandates outside the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York, on January 5, 2022. Mike Segar | Reuters Skepticism toward Covid-19 vaccines could be fuel...
Pharmaron Beijing Says Profit Rose Amid U.S., UK Expansion
Pharmaron Beijing’s shares trade in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Photographer: Roy Liu/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP Pharmaron Beijing, a China-based pharmaceutical research services company ...
Why Moderna, Pfizer and the NIH debate who owns the Covid vaccine
It’s been well over a year since a landmark proposal brought the issue of patent waiver for the mRNA Covid vaccine to the spotlight. But many observers don’t see that waiving the intellect...
Johnson & Johnson’s got a new CEO and a plan to split the company in two. Here’s what else to expect out of J&J’s earnings
Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.31% has long been viewed as a bellwether stock for other health care companies, given its early slot in the earnings calendar and a business model that spans everything f...
Unilever skids after attempt to snag Glaxo’s consumer-health unit, as FTSE 100 climbs
Unilever shares slumped Monday as the consumer products giant suggested it might increase its offer for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer health unit. Unilever ULVR, -7.02% fell 7% as Glaxo revealed it’s rej...
Moderna and Novavax Stocks Get Whacked by Supreme Court’s Vaccine Decision
Text size A nurse takes a Moderna Covid-19 vaccines ready to be administered at a vaccination site Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images Novavax stock and shares of other vaccine makers fell Friday after the...
Should we treat Covid like the flu? Europe is starting to think so
People walk in Regent Street, in London. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — There are growing calls in Europe for Covid-19 to be treated as an endemic illness like the flu despite stron...
France reports new Covid infection record with omicron spreading
Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, removes his face mask during a news conference. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images France saw its Covid-19 infection rate hit a new record on Tuesday as th...
More than half of Europe will be infected with omicron in the next 2 months: WHO
Members of the public queue for Covid-19 vaccinations and booster jabs at St Thomas’ Hospital on December 14, 2021 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Mor...
Opinion: AT&T and 4 more unloved dividend stocks to buy in a ‘risk-off’ era
With stocks off to one of their worst starts to the year since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it’s no longer crazy to talk about a sustained period of market volatility or a prolonged “risk off” envi...