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1. In a first, WuXi AppTec tops Lonza’s six-month revenue despite Pentagon scrutiny
2. Trump's pharma tariffs won't kick in Friday because there's no one left to kick
3. Fujifilm’s Lars Petersen exits, hands leadership baton to COO Maja Pedersen
4. Merck KGaA readies tariff refunds worth €40M for life science customers
5. Pfizer keeps cutting, eliminating costs and programs as pipeline delivers mixed results
6. Let the orexin market begin: Takeda snags FDA approval for narcolepsy type 1 drug
7. Lilly beats forecasts again as tirzepatide makes up nearly two-thirds of revenue
Reynald Castaneda
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After GSK's move last week, Pfizer also said it is making more spending cuts, which is expected to deliver about $1.5 billion in additional savings, particularly on manufacturing. You can check out the details here, and our broader coverage on the company's cost-cutting plans here.

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Reynald Castaneda
Deputy Editor, Endpoints News
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by Anna Brown

WuXi AppTec, the Chi­nese con­tract man­u­fac­tur­er un­der scruti­ny from the Pen­ta­gon, is­n't slow­ing down. For the first time, the com­pa­ny ap­pears to have gen­er­at­ed more...

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order for tariffs, April 2, 2025 (Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP Images)
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by Anna Brown

Over the past 16 months, the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion’s phar­ma tar­iffs have loomed large over the in­dus­try. While the first wave of these levies was sched­uled...

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Fujifilm Biotechnologies president Maja Pedersen (L) and strategy advisor Lars Petersen
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by Anna Brown

Lars Pe­tersen has stepped down from his role as CEO and pres­i­dent at Fu­ji­film Biotech­nolo­gies ef­fec­tive im­me­di­ate­ly, and COO Ma­ja Ped­er­sen is tak­ing the wheel...

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by Ayisha Sharma

Mer­ck KGaA said it ex­pects to re­ceive tar­iff re­funds for its life sci­ence busi­ness through the end of 2026 af­ter the US Supreme Court blocked...

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by Max Bayer

Pfiz­er an­nounced $2.5 bil­lion in cost cuts, tak­ing an­oth­er step in a post-Covid strat­e­gy that has been de­fined by mid-sized deal­mak­ing and con­stant ex­pense trim­ming...

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by Max Bayer

One of the most close­ly watched com­mer­cial drug races is now off and run­ning, af­ter Take­da snagged FDA ap­proval of its orex­in ag­o­nist to treat...

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by Kyle LaHucik

Eli Lil­ly post­ed $23 bil­lion in sec­ond-quar­ter rev­enues, com­ing in about $3 bil­lion above an­a­lyst­s' es­ti­mates.