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Pharmaceuticals News 2 January 2026 - 5 January 2026

Healthcare stock Ironwood jumps 27% on Linzess price cut and 2026 profit outlook

Healthcare stock Ironwood jumps 27% on Linzess price cut and 2026 profit outlook

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals shares jumped 26.7% Friday to $4.27 after the company issued 2026 guidance, forecasting total revenue of $450 million to $475 million and adjusted EBITDA above $300 million. The company expects 2026 Linzess U.S. net sales of $1.125 billion to $1.175 billion after lowering the drug’s list price on Jan. 1. Investors await a fourth-quarter update on the apraglutide Phase 3 trial and strategic review.
4 January 2026
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Kymera Therapeutics stock extends slide as KYMR closes down 6.5% — what investors watch next

Kymera Therapeutics stock extends slide as KYMR closes down 6.5% — what investors watch next

Kymera Therapeutics shares fell 6.5% to $72.76 on Friday, marking a seventh straight daily loss and leaving the stock down 29% from its early December peak. About 854,000 shares traded as investors shifted focus to 2026 trial milestones and funding. CEO Nello Mainolfi sold 30,000 shares in a pre-arranged plan on Dec. 31. The company raised $602 million in a December stock offering at $86 per share.
4 January 2026
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Pfizer stock today: PFE ends first 2026 session higher as pricing scrutiny returns and Feb. 3 results loom

Pfizer stock today: PFE ends first 2026 session higher as pricing scrutiny returns and Feb. 3 results loom

Pfizer shares closed up 1.1% at $25.18 on Friday, after leading U.S. drugmakers in January list-price hikes, including a 15% increase for its COVID vaccine Comirnaty. The stock remains below its 52-week high of $27.69. Investors await Pfizer’s Feb. 3 earnings update and monitor upcoming U.S. jobs and inflation data.
3 January 2026
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Merck stock starts 2026 higher as Cidara tender-offer deadline hits next week

Merck stock starts 2026 higher as Cidara tender-offer deadline hits next week

Merck shares rose 1.2% to $106.45 Friday after Nasdaq set Jan. 6 as the expiration for its $9.2 billion cash tender offer for Cidara Therapeutics. Cidara shares will be halted after Jan. 6 and suspended Jan. 8 if the merger closes as planned. Merck’s move snapped a three-day losing streak, leaving the stock just below its 52-week high. About 10 million shares traded, below the 50-day average.
3 January 2026
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Healthcare Stocks Today: XLV edges up as drugmakers raise U.S. list prices on 350 medicines

Healthcare Stocks Today: XLV edges up as drugmakers raise U.S. list prices on 350 medicines

U.S. drugmakers are raising list prices on at least 350 branded medicines for 2026, with a median increase of about 4%, Reuters reported. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) closed up 0.46% at $155.51 Friday. Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and Johnson & Johnson all posted gains. Traders are watching next week’s U.S. jobs data and upcoming healthcare earnings.
3 January 2026
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Eli Lilly stock today: LLY ticks higher as drug-price resets and a fresh upgrade sharpen focus

Eli Lilly stock today: LLY ticks higher as drug-price resets and a fresh upgrade sharpen focus

Eli Lilly shares closed up 0.53% at $1,080.36 Friday, then slipped 0.17% after hours. Drug pricing remains in focus as list-price resets and Medicare negotiations begin the year. Zacks upgraded Lilly to “strong-buy” and Reuters reported a 40% list-price cut for Jardiance. CEO David Ricks will speak at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 13.
3 January 2026
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Novavax stock today: NVAX closes up 6% as Singapore rolls out JN.1 Novavax COVID shot

Novavax stock today: NVAX closes up 6% as Singapore rolls out JN.1 Novavax COVID shot

NEW YORK, January 3, 2026, 05:15 ET — Market closed Novavax Inc (NVAX.O) shares rose 6.1% on Friday to close at $7.13, outperforming in a mixed U.S. session as traders latched onto fresh signs of overseas demand for its updated COVID-19 shot. The stock traded about 38% below its 52-week high of $11.55 set on Jan. 7 last year, according to MarketWatch data. MarketWatch The move matters because it ties the stock to a concrete, near-term distribution window in a government-backed program. Singapore’s Communicable Diseases Agency said the JN.1 Novavax/Nuvaxovid vaccine will be offered at selected general practitioner clinics under
3 January 2026
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Eli Lilly stock (LLY) edges higher after hours today as drug-pricing reset and January catalysts loom

Eli Lilly stock (LLY) edges higher after hours today as drug-pricing reset and January catalysts loom

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 18:12 ET — After-hours Shares of Eli Lilly and Company rose about 0.5% in after-hours trading on Friday, last at $1,080.36. The stock swung between $1,052.96 and $1,080.49 during the regular session. The timing matters for drugmakers because early January is when many companies reset list prices — the sticker prices before rebates and discounts. Data from healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors showed manufacturers planned hikes on at least 350 branded medicines for 2026, with the median list-price increase around 4%, even as the Trump administration presses the industry for cuts. Reuters For Lilly,
3 January 2026
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Dyne Therapeutics (DYN) stock slides today as biotech wobbles — FDA clock back in focus

Dyne Therapeutics (DYN) stock slides today as biotech wobbles — FDA clock back in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 3:19 PM ET — Regular session Dyne Therapeutics shares fell about 6% on Friday, giving back earlier gains in a volatile first session of 2026 for some biotech names. The Nasdaq-listed stock was down 6.1% at $18.36 in afternoon trading, after touching $20.90 at the high and $18.13 at the low. The move matters because it pulls Dyne back toward the $18.44 price of its December share sale, a reference point traders often watch after a dilutive financing. Dyne said that offering raised about $402.5 million in gross proceeds. The broader tape offered little help.
2 January 2026
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Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) stock rebounds today after FDA setback — here’s what investors are watching next

Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) stock rebounds today after FDA setback — here’s what investors are watching next

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 2:30 PM ET — Regular session Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated shares were up 5.7% at $36.77 on Friday afternoon, after a sharp selloff earlier in the week tied to a U.S. regulatory setback for its experimental drug relacorilant. The bounce matters because the FDA’s decision hit what investors had seen as a key growth driver beyond Corcept’s marketed therapy, and it reset expectations for how quickly relacorilant can reach patients in the company’s lead endocrine indication. A complete response letter is the FDA’s notice that a drug application cannot be approved as filed. For investors, it
2 January 2026
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AbbVie stock edges up today as Linzess partner Ironwood cuts list price, lifts 2026 outlook

AbbVie stock edges up today as Linzess partner Ironwood cuts list price, lifts 2026 outlook

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 14:08 ET — Regular session AbbVie shares ticked higher on Friday after Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, its partner on constipation drug Linzess, raised its 2026 outlook and said it lowered the medicine’s list price at the start of the year. The update matters because Linzess is co-developed and co-commercialized with AbbVie in the U.S., and changes in pricing can shift how much revenue is left after rebates and discounts. It also lands as investors reopen the books for 2026 with drug pricing back on the agenda and macro data next week expected to reset interest-rate bets, a
2 January 2026
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Pfizer stock rises today as 2026 drug price hikes grab headlines again — what PFE investors are watching

Pfizer stock rises today as 2026 drug price hikes grab headlines again — what PFE investors are watching

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 13:56 ET — Regular session Pfizer Inc shares rose 0.8% to $25.09 on Friday, as investors digested renewed attention on U.S. drug pricing and early-year list-price changes. The timing matters. January is when drugmakers typically reset U.S. prices, and the moves can quickly become a political and regulatory flashpoint — especially as the Trump administration keeps pressing for lower costs. For Pfizer, pricing headlines also land as the company tries to stabilize revenue after pandemic-era demand faded. Investors are sensitive to anything that could trigger tougher scrutiny or force steeper discounts. List price is the
2 January 2026
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Pfizer stock slips before the bell as 2026 drug price hikes put PFE back in focus

Pfizer stock slips before the bell as 2026 drug price hikes put PFE back in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2026, 09:18 ET — Premarket Pfizer Inc shares fell 0.4% to $24.90 in premarket trading on Friday after a Reuters report said the drugmaker plans to raise U.S. list prices on around 80 medicines in 2026. Reuters The pricing moves matter now because January is when drugmakers typically reset U.S. list prices, a closely watched “sticker price” that can shape political scrutiny and payer negotiations. They also land as the Trump administration presses manufacturers to lower U.S. drug costs, putting any annual price round under a brighter spotlight than in prior years. A drug’s list price
2 January 2026
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Novo Nordisk stock slips premarket as China court backs key semaglutide patent

Novo Nordisk stock slips premarket as China court backs key semaglutide patent

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 05:42 ET — Premarket Novo Nordisk A/S shares edged lower in premarket trading on Friday after the Danish drugmaker said China’s Supreme People’s Court upheld a key patent covering semaglutide, the active ingredient in its blockbuster obesity and diabetes drugs. U.S.-listed American depositary receipts (ADRs) — certificates that represent foreign shares — were down about 0.7% at $50.88. The ruling matters because semaglutide underpins Wegovy for obesity and Ozempic and Rybelsus for type 2 diabetes, products that have driven Novo’s growth and investor attention. Patent protection on the molecule can help slow copycat competition in
2 January 2026
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AXSM stock jumps after FDA sets April 30 decision date for Axsome’s AXS-05 in Alzheimer’s agitation

AXSM stock jumps after FDA sets April 30 decision date for Axsome’s AXS-05 in Alzheimer’s agitation

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 21:06 ET — Market closed Axsome Therapeutics shares jumped 22.9% in the Dec. 31 session, ending at $182.64 after the company disclosed two U.S. FDA updates that put near-term regulatory milestones back in focus. The stock traded between $148.79 and $184.40 on the day, with about 3.1 million shares changing hands. The move matters because the FDA set a firm target date for a decision on Axsome’s bid to expand AXS-05 into Alzheimer’s disease agitation, a label expansion that investors view as a step-change opportunity for revenue. The agency’s clock also compresses uncertainty: traders often
2 January 2026
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Pfizer stock today: PFE slips as report flags 2026 U.S. drug price hikes

Pfizer stock today: PFE slips as report flags 2026 U.S. drug price hikes

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 20:51 ET — Market closed Pfizer Inc (PFE) shares last traded at $24.90, down 0.4% from the previous close, with U.S. markets closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Reuters reported Pfizer is leading a new round of U.S. list-price increases for 2026, planning hikes on around 80 drugs and vaccines — including a 15% rise for its COVID-19 shot Comirnaty — as drugmakers overall line up price increases on at least 350 branded medicines, with a median hike of about 4%. “They really just nibble around the margins,” said Dr. Benjamin Rome,
2 January 2026
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Stock Market Today

XRP price today slips near $1.42 as thin weekend liquidity keeps traders on edge

XRP price today slips near $1.42 as thin weekend liquidity keeps traders on edge

7 February 2026
XRP fell about 5% Saturday to $1.42, extending a 22% weekly drop as thin liquidity and macro jitters drove sharp swings. Bitcoin rebounded above $70,000 after a brief plunge, while ether surged 12%. Ripple outlined plans for an “Institutional DeFi” roadmap, including a new lending protocol and permissioned DEX. The Federal Reserve held rates steady last week, with officials signaling caution on inflation.
Home Depot stock price: jobs, inflation and a Feb. 24 earnings test loom

Home Depot stock price: jobs, inflation and a Feb. 24 earnings test loom

7 February 2026
Home Depot shares rose 0.7% to $385.15 Friday, trading between $379.10 and $386.37. Investors await a delayed U.S. jobs report Wednesday and CPI data Friday, both postponed by a brief government shutdown. Home Depot reports fourth-quarter earnings Feb. 24. The Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time.
JPMorgan stock price jumps 4% into weekend as Wall Street braces for a busy data week

JPMorgan stock price jumps 4% into weekend as Wall Street braces for a busy data week

7 February 2026
JPMorgan shares rose 3.95% to $322.40 Friday, outpacing other major banks as U.S. stocks rallied and the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The bank recently completed a $3 billion subordinated notes offering. Investors are watching for delayed U.S. jobs data and inflation figures next week, ahead of JPMorgan’s Feb. 23 company update.
AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

7 February 2026
AbbVie shares rose 2% to $223.43 Friday, capping a volatile week marked by earnings and drug sales scrutiny. Moody’s upgraded AbbVie’s credit rating to A2, citing strong performance in immunology and neuroscience. Investors remain focused on Skyrizi and Rinvoq growth amid rising competition and recent regulatory filings. Trading volume stayed below average, with the stock still 9% off its 52-week high.
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