Amgen reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and said it plans to study psoriasis drug Otezla as a potential treatment for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The grassroots effort spreading through social media is coinciding with International Workers' Day, which is typically marked by labor rights demonstrations.
Moderna and Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza Group said on Friday they would accelerate the manufacturing of the U.S. drug developer's potential coronavirus vaccine.
The president of the European Commission backed calls for an investigation into the origin of the new coronavirus and said China should be involved in the process.
President Donald Trump said, without offering any evidence, that he has reason to believe that the coronavirus outbreak originated from a laboratory in China.
"I mean, Congress went out of its way to carve out businesses that have more than 500 employees but are restaurants, chain restaurants," ex-TARP watchdog Neil Barofsky told CNBC.