Matthew Herper

Facing with a dialogue with RFK Jr., a top FDA official mounts a public defense of vaccines — and pleads for open minds.

What will a second Donald Trump presidency mean for the regulation of medicines in the U.S.? History isn’t likely to repeat itself, but it will rhyme.

CVS Health is running out of time to answer an existential question about its strategy.

A doctor inspired by his own fight against a rare malignancy to scour thousands of existing drugs to see if they can cure other diseases has a powerful new ally: Janet Woodcock, who for decades was one of the most influential figures at the Food and Drug Administration

More than once 23andMe's Anne Wojcicki has saved the company from corporate disaster. Can she do it again?

Sanofi named a new chief scientific officer this week, part of a series of moves aimed at redefining the company.

After being criticized for profligate post-pandemic spending, the company is "pacing" itself to focus on launches of key medicines.

Two former Verily executives say that they are starting a new initiative, Highlander Health, to push forward an effort decades in the making.

Summit’s lung cancer treatment has wowed researchers. The CEO behind it is a living challenge to the assumptions of many in biotech.

With new vaccine data released Tuesday, Vaxcyte, a San Carlos, Calif.-based firm, emerged as one of biotechnology’s hottest David-vs.-Goliath stories as