Biotechnology

Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts in Governor Kathy Hochuls budget on Medicare.Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesU.S.…

Members of the media ask questions to U.S. President Joe Biden as he walks to the Marine One helicopter to depart for travel to Mississippi to view tornado damage, from the White House in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023. Jonathan Ernst |…

Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016.David A. Grogan | CNBCCarl Icahn blasted Illumina for nearly doubling its CEO's pay last year despite a dramatic drop in the biotech company's market value since closing…

A consultant analyzing a mammogram.Rui Vieira | PA Wire | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Thursday struck down an Obamacare mandate that required most private health insurance plans to cover preventive care such as certain cancer screenings…

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesIllumina on Thursday urged shareholders to reject Carl Icahn's three board nominees at this year's annual meeting, saying they would "threaten the progress" of the biotech company's core business.…

Two federal judges are poised to issue rulings soon in dueling cases that could dramatically impact access to the abortion pill mifepristone.In Washington state, U.S. Judge Thomas Rice is weighing whether to scrap federal regulations on…

This photograph taken on February 23, 2023, in Paris, shows the anti-diabetic medication "Ozempic" (semaglutide) made by Danish pharmaceutical company "Novo Nordisk".Joel Saget | AFP | Getty ImagesPatients taking blockbuster obesity drugs…

A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California.Mike Blake | ReutersJohnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it's ducking out of the RSV vaccine race, weeks after competitors Pfizer and GSK inched closer to launching the…

Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016.David A. Grogan | CNBCCarl Icahn on Wednesday said Illumina should bring back its former CEO "immediately," his latest move in a brewing proxy fight with the biotech…

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved sales without a prescription of the nasal spray Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses, a decision that promises to significantly expand access to the lifesaving treatment.The FDA's…