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Big Pharma Stocks Drop After RFK Jr. Announced as Health Secretary |
2024-11-18 |
Looks like it's about to hit the fan. Kennedy Jr., who is part of a political dynasty with an a former president uncle and a father as a former attorney general, is an outspoken opponent of Big Pharma. The Health Secretary nominee has at times attributed America's health problems to insufficient regulation of pesticides, harmful additives, seed oils, processed foods and vaccines. Moderna stock dropped by 5.62 percent in one day when the markets closed on Wednesday, at a price of $39.77, down from $42.14 the previous day. When the markets opened on Thursday, the price had dropped even lower—to $38.47. There was also a drop in the price of Pfizer stocks, which decreased by 2.62 percent by the end of Wednesday, closing at a price of $26.02, slightly down from $26.72 the previous day. Pfizer stocks continued to drop on Thursday, hitting a price of around $24.75 in the morning. Following President-elect Donald Trump's announcement on Wednesday that he was nominating Kennedy Jr. to head the health department, five major pharmaceutical companies that manufacture vaccines saw a drop in stock market valuation. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#8 Birx Gal of Alcatraz. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-11-18 18:29 |
#7 Lilly is a very well run company that stays in it’s lanes, does deep and long term research and expands in/supports it’s home state. I expect they will be fine in the years ahead. |
Posted by: Remoteman 2024-11-18 12:05 |
#6 one of the reasons for Eli Lilly's drop was that they couldn't manufacture their weight loss drugs fast enough |
Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-11-18 11:44 |
#5 Anyone with a GLP-1 drug in hand will be making money hand over fist for the next twenty years or so. That class is good for much more than just weight loss, as they’re discovering, so prescriptions will rise logarithmically. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2024-11-18 11:39 |
#4 Gotta look at what proprietary (patented) drugs they have that are going generic. That's usually a huge hit |
Posted by: Frank G 2024-11-18 11:07 |
#3 Eli Lilly has also dropped. Down about 20% since the election. That's about $100B in market cap. Of course, it isn't just RFK Jr or Trump. There are a lot of things going on. |
Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-11-18 10:58 |
#2 Does this mean Pfizer won't give another million dollars for Trump's inauguration ball? Scarf Lady Birx is scum. |
Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-11-18 06:50 |
#1 Former Trump WH COVID doc 'excited' for questions at RFK confirmation hearing |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-18 02:32 |