Tag: Pharma

2 Everlasting Big Pharma Stocks to Buy Today and Hold Forever

As investing legends like Warren Buffett probably know better than anyone, there’s something satisfying about buying shares of a company you intend to hold for the rest of your career as an investor. By making a commitment to remaining patient for the long haul as the money trickles in, you’re also demonstrating to yourself that […]

How Viking Therapeutics is poised to disrupt pharma

Shares of Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) are rising after data from the company’s latest weight loss drug trial showed greater efficacy compared to competing products from Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) and Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO). On Tuesday, the company also announced that it initiated an underwritten public offering of $350 million of shares of its […]

Medicare makes opening bid to pharma companies in talks to lower drug costs

The Biden administration has announced that representatives of Medicare, a public health insurance program that covers 47 million American seniors and disabled people, on Thursday sent initial offers to pharmaceutical companies in negotiations over 10 of the program’s most expensive and commonly used drugs. The initial offers are part of a negotiation timeline set by […]

Supreme Court leans in favor of Purdue Pharma deal

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court justices sounded Monday as if they will uphold a huge bankruptcy deal that includes $6 billion from the Sackler family to help the nation and tens of thousands of victims recover from the opioid crisis. Most of the justices said the deal looked to be the best possible outcome, even though […]