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Meet Jeff Smith, the hedge-fund investor taking on Pfizer
Since 2011, Starboard Value's Jeff Smith has extracted board seats and profits from corporate Ameri…
Alex Morrell
Activist hedge fund Starboard met with Pfizer last week. Here's what went down.
The 74-page slideshow, which Smith said was "roughly" the same as the one shared with the company, …
Alex Nicoll,Kaja Whitehouse
Activist investor Starboard has just informed Pfizer it has taken a significant stake
Activist investor Starboard Value is looking to shake up pharma giant Pfizer's sagging stock price.
Alex Morrell
The human life span may have finally plateaued. Here's what you can do to optimize your chances for a long life — and what researchers are working on next.
A new study suggests only a small percentage of adults will live to 100, barring a breakthrough. He…
Hilary Brueck
How did we manage to deal with COVID-19 so quickly, but the common cold still remains a persisting problem?
Despite rapid COVID-19 vaccine development, curing the common cold remains challenging due to many …
Viagra gets an image make-over as successive studies claim it helps with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
If there’s one thing most of us love, it’s the whole “buy one, get one free” schtick. What if we to…
We asked Mark Cuban how he's going to disrupt Big Pharma. He said it's pretty straightforward, actually.
We asked Mark Cuban about his pharmacy, Cost Plus Drugs, and broader vision for US healthcare. He s…
Hilary Brueck
Joe Biden is taking Paxlovid, even though doctors know it doesn't really work
President Joe Biden said he has COVID and started Paxlovid on Wednesday. Why? Studies show it's a d…
Hilary Brueck
Pfizer's new bivalent mRNA Covid booster vax highly effective: Lancet
US pharma giant Pfizer's new bivalent mRNA-based Covid booster vaccine has shown to be highly effec…
Why Pfizer just made a $43 billion bet on a precise new way of attacking cancer
Pfizer struck a deal for drugmaker Seagen, spending some of its COVID-19 vaccine cash to expand in …
Yeji Jesse Lee
Pfizer says that it may earn over $100 billion just by selling COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral pill
The rollout of the vaccine has already led to a substantial financial windfall for the New York …
Pfizer CEO slams Harvard, MIT, and UPenn's presidents: 'One of the most despicable moments in the history of US academia'
Pfizer's Albert Bourla said he "was ashamed to hear the recent testimony of 3 top university presid…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
Pharma giants are hiking prices on over 500 drugs for 2024, report says
Pfizer, Sanofi, and Takeda Pharmaceutical are set to increase prices on more than 500 drugs in the …
Rebecca Rommen
Pfizer says it has made an RSV vaccine that protects newborns against severe illness and will file for FDA approval within weeks
A new RSV vaccine for pregnant people from Pfizer protected newborns from severe disease for at lea…
Hilary Brueck
Healthcare corporations Pfizer and UnitedHealthcare are among the biggest financial backers of lawmakers behind state abortion bans
Most healthcare corporations are silent on the issue of abortion, but their political contributions…
Kimberly Leonard,Andrea Miche…
FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months old
The vaccines will be available for young children once the CDC recommends them, which will likely h…
Jake Epstein,Hilary Brueck
Researchers identify rise in neurological condition 'Guillain-Barre syndrome' following AstraZeneca vaccine
Researchers at the University College London (UCL) said they are yet to understand the cause of the…
Pfizer says it will no longer make a profit from selling its patented drugs to 1.2 billion people in 45 low-income countries
Pfizer will sell 23 drugs used to treat infectious and inflammatory diseases, cancers, and coronavi…
Urooba Jamal
No need to worry about monkeypox, says Pfizer CEO – just days after Biden said 'everyone' should be concerned before walking back his comments
Albert Bourla's comments come as the first monkeypox case is detected in the US and Joe Biden urges…
Beatrice Nolan
Pfizer CEO predicts 'constant waves' of COVID-19 because of complacency about the coronavirus and politicization of the pandemic
The consequences of people's hesitancy to wear masks and get vaccinated will likely be seen over th…