The golden age of vaccine development
In 1796, when Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine, against the smallpox virus, no one knew what viruses…
Pharma’s ‘Dr. Optimistic’ is worried about the industry’s future
In July 2006, The New York Times sent young reporter Alex Berenson to Pfizer to interview me about…
UnitedHealth Group releases results of independent audit
UnitedHealthcare sign is displayed at its office building in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., Dec. 11, 2025. Tim Evans |…
FDA voucher program has led to political interference in drug reviews, staffers say
WASHINGTON — A new program intended to fast-track drug reviews at the Food and Drug Administration is quickly…
Commission proposes new measures to improve health and the healthcare sector
The European Commission has put forward a raft of new measures that will improve the health of Europeans…
Eli Lilly to build $6 billion Alabama manufacturing plant
Eli Lilly CEO David A. Ricks speaks at a press conference at Generation Park in Houston, Monday, Sept.…
Eli Lilly hits $1 trillion market value, first for health care company
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March…
FDA reviewers didn’t get to vote on first priority voucher drug
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has promised companies that earn a Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher a one-…
Novo Nordisk cuts cash prices for Wegovy, Ozempic
Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024.…
Multimodal learning enables chat-based exploration of single-cell data
Multimodal training data of paired transcriptomes and text To establish a large training dataset of transcriptomes and their…
Reporting guidelines for studies involving generative artificial intelligence applications: what do I use, and when?
The rise in publications addressing the use of general artificial intelligence (GAI), namely large language models (LLMs), for…
Trump deals with Lilly, Novo Nordisk could broaden obesity drug access
US President Donald Trump makes an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC…