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Mar 28, 2025

UPDATE: DOGE removes 91 federal site closures from website, including 3 FDA facilities


RFK Jr. cuts 4,700 FDA and NIH jobs as HHS eliminates ‘an entire alphabet soup of departments’


Trump again threatens tariffs on pharmaceuticals in 'not too distant' future


European countries, universities implement initiatives to attract US researchers amid 'brutal funding cuts'


Novo Nordisk offers cheaper Wegovy for all cash-paying patients at retail pharmacy


#FierceMadness: Heavyweights face off in Elite Eight round of the 2025 Drug Ad Tournament—VOTE NOW


23andMe files for bankruptcy as CEO Anne Wojcicki steps down to become bidder

 

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UPDATE: DOGE removes 91 federal site closures from website, including 3 FDA facilities

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has again revised savings estimates tied to federal site closures, nearly halving the unit’s initial forecast. The agency has also removed 91 federal sites previously listed on its “wall of receipts” for planned lease cancellations, including three FDA sites.
 

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RFK Jr. cuts 4,700 FDA and NIH jobs as HHS eliminates ‘an entire alphabet soup of departments’

The federal government is cutting 3,500 full-time FDA employees and 1,200 NIH workers as part of an overarching move designed to eliminate 10,000 jobs in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Trump again threatens tariffs on pharmaceuticals in 'not too distant' future

After threatening a month ago to impose “25% or higher” tariffs on foreign-made pharmaceuticals, President Donald Trump has doubled down on the pledge, although the exact timing and scope of their implementation remains unclear.

European countries, universities implement initiatives to attract US researchers amid 'brutal funding cuts'

As the U.S. cuts federal research funding and infrastructure, European countries are strategizing ways to attract top scientific talent, with the Netherlands government setting up a fund designed to do just that.

Novo Nordisk offers cheaper Wegovy for all cash-paying patients at retail pharmacy

Novo Nordisk has quickly expanded its discounted Wegovy program, now offering all eligible cash-paying customers its popular weight-loss med at $499 per month.

#FierceMadness: Heavyweights face off in Elite Eight round of the 2025 Drug Ad Tournament—VOTE NOW

As the college basketball March Madness tournament gets underway, so too does Fierce Pharma Marketing’s annual #FierceMadness competition.

23andMe files for bankruptcy as CEO Anne Wojcicki steps down to become bidder

After outlining plans nearly one year ago to take 23andMe private—and submitting multiple offers—co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki will now resign as chief of the genetic testing company as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and instead pursues a court-managed sale.

Biogen plots 2028 headquarters shift to new 'innovation hub' in Cambridge

Biogen on Monday said it signed a 15-year lease for a building at Cambridge’s Kendall Common that the company plans to use as its new global headquarters. The Big Biotech says it will move its current Cambridge-based employees to the site at the time of its expected opening in 2028, which will coincide with Biogen’s 50th anniversary.

J&J touts $55B in planned US investments over 4 years, including 3 new manufacturing sites

Johnson & Johnson will invest $55 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. The announcement comes a month after Eli Lilly revealed a similar U.S.-focused plan to boost its manufacturing base.

GSK takes advantage of natural experiment to study whether shingles vaccine can reduce dementia risk

After multiple studies have suggested a link between its shingles vaccine and dementia prevention, GSK is taking advantage of a natural experiment to look for more definitive evidence that the shot can reduce dementia risk.

AstraZeneca, Pfizer rebuked over breaking UK drug marketing rules on LinkedIn use

The PMCPA has dug into the industry’s LinkedIn activities once again. AstraZeneca received the harshest censure in the latest set of cases, taking a telling-off over one of its own posts, while Pfizer escaped with a slap on the wrist after its employees got too liberal with their LinkedIn likes.
 
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