WASHINGTON D.C. — In a dramatic escalation of his "America First" foreign policy, President Donald Trump has moved beyond mere interest to a formal demand for the acquisition of Greenland, threatening a wave of crippling tariffs against any nation—including long-standing NATO allies—that opposes the bid. As of January
The United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on Friday announced that it had approved a maximum dose of up to 7.2 milligrams a week for Novo’s Wegovy earlier this month.
In a bold move to solidify its dominance in the cardiometabolic market, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) announced on January 7, 2026, that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ventyx Biosciences (NASDAQ:VTYX) for approximately $1.2 billion. The all-cash transaction, priced at $14.00 per
Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) shares are trading lower on Thursday after the company was hit with a lawsuit from compounding pharmacy Strive Specialties.
The U.S. healthcare sector has entered 2026 on a remarkably strong footing, staging a decisive rebound after a tumultuous 2025. This resurgence is being driven by a rare alignment of legislative progress and pharmaceutical innovation. On January 8, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a crucial bill
For the past two years, the U.S. healthcare sector has been the forgotten stepchild of the equity markets. As the S&P 500 (SPX) surged on the back of an artificial intelligence gold rush and a resilient tech economy, healthcare investors were left nursing a "double-digit hangover." In 2024,
Date: January 13, 2026 Introduction Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) finds itself at a historic crossroads. Long regarded as the "blue-chip" anchor of the biotechnology sector, the Thousand Oaks-based giant is currently attempting one of the most ambitious pivots in its 45-year history. While the company has built its multi-billion-dollar empire on bone health, oncology, and [...]
In the two years since its unveiling, AlphaFold 3 (AF3) has fundamentally transformed the landscape of biological research, moving the industry from simple protein folding to a comprehensive "all-atom" understanding of life. Developed by Google DeepMind and its commercial arm, Isomorphic Labs—both subsidiaries of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)—the model has effectively bridged the gap between computational [...]
On January 11, 2026, Anthropic officially unveiled Claude for Healthcare, a specialized suite of artificial intelligence tools designed to bridge the gap between frontier large language models and the highly regulated medical industry. Announced during the opening of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the platform represents a strategic pivot for Anthropic, moving beyond general-purpose AI [...]
In a move that signals the definitive convergence of high-performance computing and biotechnology, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced a massive $1 billion "co-innovation" partnership at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 12, 2026. This five-year strategic alliance aims to re-engineer the
In a move that signals the definitive arrival of the "AI-first" era for the pharmaceutical industry, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced a massive expansion of their strategic partnership today at the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM26). The centerpiece of the
