AbbVie Inc. shares fell 0.8% to $228.89 in midday trading on Tuesday. The stock ranged between $228.66 and $231.55 after opening at $230.77, with volume near 795,000 shares.
Johnson & Johnson shares edged lower on Tuesday after the company said it completed its $3.05 billion cash purchase of cancer-therapy developer Halda Therapeutics. The stock was down about 0.2% at $207.12 in midday trading. Executive vice president Jennifer Taubert called the closing a “strategic milestone” as J&J flagged about $0.20 of dilution to adjusted earnings per share — profit per share excluding certain one-time items — split between 2025 and 2026. Johnson & Johnson Investor Relations
Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. shares closed Monday up 8.8% at $1.98 after trading between $1.78 and $1.98. The stock was last up about 2% at $2.02 in late after-hours trading, with about 5.7 million shares changing hands. StockAnalysis
Brand Engagement Network, Inc shares more than doubled on Monday after the company disclosed a project agreement to develop a custom AI engagement tool tied to an established prescription drug for a top-10 global pharmaceutical client. The company said it expects $250,000 in fourth-quarter development revenue and anticipates monthly license fees starting in the first quarter of 2026; the stock closed up 108.8% at $2.51. SEC+1
Novo Nordisk said it is lowering prices of its top-selling obesity drug Wegovy in China, after local outlet Yicai reported that list prices for the two highest doses were cut by 48% in the southwestern provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan. The new monthly list prices were 987 yuan and 1,284 yuan, Yicai said, citing local procurement authorities. Reuters
Gilead Sciences shares were last up 0.15% at $124.91 on Monday, as investors weighed an analyst note that argued new Medicaid drug-pricing rules would have a limited financial impact on the company’s HIV franchise. Investing.com
Merck & Co shares eased on Monday, last trading down about 0.1% at $106.62 after ranging between $106.44 and $107.56. Trading volume was about 8.1 million shares.
Johnson & Johnson shares were last down 0.02% at $207.56 on Monday after the healthcare conglomerate said it completed its $3.05 billion cash acquisition of cancer drug developer Halda Therapeutics. The stock traded between $207.31 and $209.46, and J&J said it will account for the deal as a business combination and expects it to cut adjusted earnings per share by about $0.20, split evenly between the fourth quarter and 2026. JNJ.com
Pfizer Inc shares were down 0.3% at $25 in after-hours trading on Monday, after moving in a tight band during the regular session. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund slipped and large-cap drugmakers traded mixed in late dealings.
Shares of Eli Lilly and Company were up 0.2% at $1,078.73 in after-hours trading on Monday. The stock traded between $1,074.80 and $1,085.12 and about 1.64 million shares had changed hands.
Bristol Myers Squibb shares fell on Monday, with the drugmaker lagging a slightly weaker U.S. stock market in holiday-thinned trading. The stock was down 0.7% at $54.27 in afternoon trade.
Merck & Co shares were down 0.1% at $106.68 in midday trading on Monday, showing relative resilience as U.S. stocks drifted lower in thin year-end trade. The S&P 500-linked SPDR ETF fell 0.6% and the Nasdaq-100 tracker slid 0.7%.
Live Oak Private Wealth LLC cut its stake in Pfizer by 92.5% in the third quarter, selling 216,868 shares and ending the period with 17,627 shares, a regulatory filing showed. MarketBeat+2SEC+2
Merck & Co shares finished the last U.S. session up 0.3% at $106.78, closing just below a 52-week high after a quiet, post-Christmas session left the broader market marginally lower. Yahoo Finance+1
Eli Lilly shares ended the holiday week little changed after South Korean biotech ABL Bio said it would receive $55 million in funding from the U.S. drugmaker under a research collaboration. PR Newswire
Johnson & Johnson stock heads into the final trading week of 2025 with U.S. markets shut for the weekend and investors sorting through a fresh pipeline headline that surfaced late Friday. With the New York Stock Exchange closed today and the next regular session set for Monday, Dec. 29, attention is shifting to what could move JNJ when trading resumes—including biotech read-throughs, litigation headlines, and year-end macro catalysts in a holiday-shortened week. New York Stock Exchange+2Investopedia+2
Merck & Co., Inc. heads into the final trading days of 2025 with shares hovering near fresh highs after a late-December climb that has put the pharmaceutical giant back in the spotlight for both defensive investors and catalyst-driven traders. With U.S. stock markets closed for the weekend, attention shifts to what could shape MRK when the regular session resumes Monday—ranging from year-end positioning and Fed expectations to analyst outlooks focused on Merck’s ability to grow beyond Keytruda. Reuters