Biotech and Pharma


Eli Lilly Stock Jumps as Weight-Loss Pill Enters the Market. What It Means for Novo Nordisk.

Eli Lilly’s Foundayo will be available to patients through the drugmaker’s online pharmacy.

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Why 2026 Is Biotech’s Comeback Year

Headwinds in the sector are clearing. That is good news for venture firms seeking liquidity and for a stock market looking for growth stories, Nilesh Kumar writes in a guest commentary.

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Biotechs Are a Healthy Growth Bet Thanks to M&A and New Drugs 

It’s no secret why major drug companies are looking to smaller biotechs for growth: many pharma giants are facing looming patent expirations for blockbuster medications.

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Why This Pharma Stock More Than Doubled Today

A small biopharmaceutical firm was getting a big boost Tuesday after Biogen agreed to buy it for $5.6 billion.

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United Therapeutics Rises on Positive Study for Cornerstone Drug. Why Shares Could Run Even Higher.

United Therapeutics stock entered Monday up 7% on the year, but moved higher on the Tyvaso drug trial results.

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Eli Lilly Ramps Up AI Ambitions With This $2.8 Billion Deal. What It Means for the Stock.

Lilly will obtain exclusive rights to sell treatments discovered using InSilico’s Pharma.AI model.

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Pharma Offers Defensive Plays in an Uncertain Market. Charts Say Buy These 2 Stocks.

Technical indicators for Pfizer and GSK have turned bullish.

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22 S&P 500 Stocks Yield More Than 5%. 6 That Are Worth Buying.

The key is choosing the winners from the losers by focusing on dividend coverage—the cash flow and earnings needed to cover the payouts—and the potential for improving businesses.

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Shares of This Gene Therapy Maker Are Up 30%. The Safety Debate Is Far From Over.

Sarepta Therapeutics has come under pressure following the deaths of three patients using its treatments.

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Johnson & Johnson Exits 3 Biotechs but Keeps Stakes in These Rumored Acquisition Targets

The drugmaker and medical technology company sold its remaining shares in two previous partners.

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ImmunityBio Stock Tumbles 25% on FDA Warning. No, Its Drug Can’t ‘Treat All Cancers.’

The biotech company used misleading advertising to promote its flagship bladder cancer drug, the FDA concludes.

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CVS Health and FTC Staff Agree to Proposed Insulin Settlement

The agreement would cover the company’s Caremark pharmacy benefit manager unit, which has denied wrongdoing.

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Gilead to Buy Ouro Medicines for $2.2 Billion. Why the Deal Is Key to Future Stock Gains.

Gilead plans to develop Ouro’s lead drug candidate, gamgertamig, alongside a Belgian pharma company.

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Eli Lilly’s Weight-Loss Drug Candidate Is a Triple Treat. Move Over, Zepbound.

Lilly says its experimental drug retatrutide met the primary endpoint and key secondary endpoints in a new study.

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Nvidia, Eli Lilly, Oklo, Swarmer, Delta, Semtech, Uber, and More Stock Market Movers

Nvidia stock pares back gains following a solid jump on the first day of the chip maker’s annual developer conference.

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Eli Lilly Stock Gets Downgraded. It Faces Stiff Headwinds After Strong Run-Up.

Eli Lilly, the maker of Zepbound and Mounjaro, faces stiff price competition in the coming year, HSBC says.

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Mpox Is on the Rise. 3 Vaccine Stocks Worth a Second Look.

The first severe case of the virus has been detected in New York.

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BioNTech Stock Is a Bargain. Why Its Recent Selloff Is a Buying Opportunity.

The company’s cash and securities nearly equal its market value, meaning investors aren’t paying much for the Covid franchise and a pipeline focused on cancer treatments.

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A New GLP-1 Pill Melted Away the Pounds. Is Its Biotech Maker a Takeover Candidate?

Structure Therapeutics said its GLP-1 pill helped patients lose more than 16% of their body weight in a midstage trial, outperforming results reported for competing obesity drugs.

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Adobe, Meta, Micron, Lennar, Coinbase, Ulta Beauty, CF Industries, and More Stock Market Movers

Adobe shares fell following the resignation of CEO Shantanu Narayen, who served in the role for nearly two decades.

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Iran War: 5 Charts That Reveal the Market Chaos It's Caused

From energy to supposed havens, Barron’s lays bare the economic fallout from the conflict through the following five charts

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BioNTech, NIO, Centene, Vertex, Paramount, Rivian, Occidental, and More Stock Market Movers

Shares in electric-vehicle makers Rivian Automotive and NIO rise following an upgrade and strong earnings, respectively.

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Vertex Just Reported Trial Results for a Kidney Drug. What It Means for the Stock.

The drug maker says its treatment of a rare kidney disease met its main goal in a late-stage trial.

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BioNTech Reports Earnings. That’s Not Why the Stock Is Down 21%.

The German biotech provides a weak full-year outlook and announces the exit of its co-founders.

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Hims & Hers, Live Nation, Broadcom, Carnival, Vertiv, Sandisk, Strategy, and More Stock Market Movers

Hims & Hers Health rallies after Novo Nordisk agrees to sell popular weight-loss drugs on its platform.

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