Peter Loftus
Wall Street Journal @WSJ reporter - drugs, medical devices, healthcare. 215-881-7127, [email protected]
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Hearing on “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: Getting Answers on the Rising Cost of Insulin”
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, April 10, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: Getting Answers on the Rising Cost of...
Why Investors Are Obsessed With the Inverted Yield Curve
Amid a shaky marketplace, investors are eyeing the yield curve for signs of economic stability. History shows that when the yield curve inverts, a recession may soon follow. Photo Composite: Stephanie Swart for The Wall Street Journal.
Peter Loftus
Good explainer video on a bad economic omen: Why Investors Are Obsessed With the Inverted Yield Curve
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How ‘Medicare for All’ Would Work (or Not Work)
As the idea gains traction in mainstream circles, we look at its roots in progressive American politics.
See How Your Salary Compares
Over 1,000 companies, including Amazon, JPMorgan and Walmart, have disclosed how they compensate workers. Find out where your pay stands.
Peter Loftus
See How Your Salary Compares - Celgene, Incyte are among top pharma companies in median employee salaries, both $250K+ wsj.com/graphics/how-d… via @WSJGraphics
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King-Tighe-Hogan-Case to forfeit votes following Judicial Council sanction // The Observer
The King-Tighe-Hogan-Case ticket, running for sophomore class council, will be required to forfeit 33 votes in Thursday’s elections, Judicial Council announced in a press release Thursday morning. According to the release, the ticket violated...
Hatboro woman faces trial for Willow Grove man's overdose death
NORRISTOWN — A Hatboro woman has her jury and her trial will unfold this week on charges she delivered a fatal dose of fentanyl to a Willow Grove man.
'Predator on the Reservation': A Documentary Film by Frontline and WSJ
For more than two decades, government pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber raised suspicions that he was a pedophile. The Wall Street Journal and Frontline investigate how the Indian Health Service doctor was transferred from reservation to...
Hotel, pharma lobbyists win Philly City Council vote against drug rep law
An unusual coalition of leftist and GOP Philadelphia City Council members, hearing drug and hotel lobbyist objections, voted down a drug-rep registration bill backed by city health officials and anti-opiod activists.
2018 Drug Trend Report | Express Scripts
Express Scripts Drug Trend Report is among the industry’s most comprehensive analysis of annual changes in the cost and use of prescription medications in the U.S.
Mueller's Targets: Who's Who in the Investigation
People who have surfaced in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, and how they fit into the picture
Key Vertex executive fired over ‘personal behavior’ - The Boston Globe
The Boston biotech says Ian Smith, who was COO and interim CFO, violated its code of conduct.
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene
So our big biopharma news this morning is Bristol-Myers Squibb buying Celgene, for $74 billion. I don't think anyone saw this particular combination coming, so congratulations to those involved for running a tight ship. It looks at first glance like...
An Eerie Fog Rolls in During the Bears vs. Eagles 1988 Playoff Game | NFL Films | Timeline: Fog Bowl
"The Timeline" takes a look at how fog surrounded Soldier Field during the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles 1988 NFC Divisional game. Subscribe to NFL F...
2018 The Year in Photos
A Tesla roadster launched from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket with a dummy driver named 'Starman' heads towards Mars, Feb. 8.
Peter Loftus
Take a look back at 2018 in 135 of the year's best photos. Photo by spacex/Getty wsj.com/graphics/2018-… via @WSJphotos
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Fortnite Squad - SNL
Fortnite players (Pete Davidson, Kyle Mooney) help a single dad (Adam Driver) play the video game for the first time. #SNL #SNL44 #AdamDriver #KanyeWest Subs...
Women live longer than men everywhere — here’s why
Female longevity wasn’t always so common
Bayer to strengthen core life science businesses while significantly enhancing productivity and profitability - Bayer News
Group plans to exit Animal Health business, the Consumer Health brands Coppertone™ and Dr. Scholl’s™, and sell its 60-percent interest in Currenta, a site services provider in Germany / Efficiency and structural measures set to enhance...
Peter Loftus
Bayer is getting out of animal-drug business and cutting R&D, manufacturing jobs in human-drug business as part of broader cost cuts
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