Outcomes from Moderna (MRNA) Q1 2023

Modern on Thursday topped estimates for first-quarter earnings and revenue and posted a surprise quarterly profit despite lower demand for Covid vaccines, the only marketable product. The biotech posted revenue of $1.9 billion in the first quarter, driven by Covid-shot earnings pushed back from 2022. That’s more than 60% down from the $6.1 billion it …

Eli Lilly therapy with donanemab slowed illness development

An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing facility is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive on March 50, 2021 in Branchburg, New Jersey. Fresh Mike | Reuters The Alzheimer’s treatment Donanemab, which is manufactured by Eli Lillisignificantly slowed the progression of the mind-numbing disease, according to clinical trial data released by the company on Wednesday. Patients …

Pfizer (PFE) Quarterly Report 2023

Pfizer on Tuesday reported first-quarter sales and adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, despite a decline in sales attributed to lower demand for the company’s Covid vaccine. Shares of the pharmaceutical giant were largely unchanged on Tuesday. Shares are down more than 23% for the year through Monday’s close, putting the company’s market value …

Scientists are creating an AI system that focuses on changing ideas into textual content

Alex Huth (left), Shailee Jain (center) and Jerry Tang (right) prepare to collect brain activity data at the University of Texas Biomedical Imaging Center at Austin. The researchers trained their semantic decoder using dozens of hours of participants’ brain activity data collected in an fMRI scanner. Photo: Nolan Zuk/University of Texas at Austin. Scientists have …

Sufferers might wait years for brand new medication

Juanmonino | E+ | Getty Images Seniors with early Alzheimer’s disease will face major hurdles to get treated even if promising new drugs roll out more broadly in the coming years, putting them at risk of developing more severe disease as they wait months or perhaps years for a diagnosis. The U.S. health-care system is …

Eli Lilly weight reduction drug tirzepatide knowledge launched

patients who have taken Eli Lilli‘s weight-loss drug, Tirzepatide, lost an average of up to 34 pounds, or 16% of her body weight, the company said in clinical trial results released Thursday. Eli Lilly plans to complete its application for approval of the drug by the Food and Drug Administration in the coming weeks, and …

Carl Icahn slams Illumina’s Q1 outcomes and cost-cutting plan

Carl Icahn speaks at Delivering Alpha in New York on September 13, 2016. David A Grogan | CNBC Carl Icahn called on Friday illuminas first-quarter results were “very disappointing” and slammed the DNA sequencing company’s new cost-cutting plans. The activist investor, which owns a 1.4% stake in Illumina, is in a heated proxy battle with …

Merck (MRK) Earnings Report Q1 2023

note on Thursday reported first-quarter sales and adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, despite a sharp drop in sales of its Covid antiviral treatment molnupiravir. Sales of molnupiravir collapsed to $392 million during the period, down 88% from the $3.2 billion reported for the first quarter of 2022. Merck said the decline was primarily …