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FDA Says Current Dose Of GSK-Vir's COVID-19 Therapy Unlikely To Work Against Omicron Subvariant

The FDA said that the currently authorized 500mg dose of GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE:GSK) and Vir Biotechnology Inc's (NASDAQ:VIR) COVID-19 antibody therapy is unlikely to be effective against the omicron BA.2 variant. The agency updated its website to exclude sotrovimab use in geographic regions where the infection is likely caused by the omicron BA.2 variant. GSK…

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3 Vaccine Stocks to Buy Following the Surge in COVID-19 Cases in China

China is battling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since 2020. Surging cases of a new omicron variant worldwide are raising concerns that another COVID-19 wave is coming, which could drive demand for future vaccine orders. This bodes well for popular vaccine stocks Pfizer (PFE), Moderna (MRNA), and BioNTech (BNTX), and…

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Pfizer's RSV Vaccine Candidate Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Tag For Prevention of RSV In Older Adults

The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Pfizer Inc's (NYSE:PFE) respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate (PF-06928316 or RSVpreF) to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in 60 years of age or older. The positive results primarily inform the FDA decision of Phase 2a study evaluating the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy…

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Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Neutralizing Antibody Response In Kids Under 6

Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) has announced interim data from the Phase 2/3 KidCOVE study of its COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) in children six months to under six years. The interim analysis showed that two 25 μg doses of mRNA-1273 in participants 6 months to under six years met the primary endpoint with robust neutralizing antibody…

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Pfizer's Ulcerative Colitis Candidate Aces Late-Stage Study

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) has announced topline results from a Phase 3 study of etrasimod in moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). In the study, etrasimod patients achieved statistically significant improvements in the primary endpoint of clinical remission at week 12 compared with placebo. Statistically significant improvements were achieved in all key secondary…

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Pfizer Recalls Some Lots Of Hypertension Med Due To Potential Cancer-Causing Impurity

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) voluntarily recalls Accuretic (quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide) and two authorized generic versions due to the presence of nitrosamine, N-nitroso-quinapril, above an acceptable level. Pfizer will recall six lots of Accuretic tablets, one lot of quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, and four lots of quinapril HCl/ hydrochlorothiazide tablets. Nitrosamines are common in water and…

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The Future of Boosters Is Somewhere Between Unnecessary and Urgent

Until there’s a universal coronavirus vaccine, the future of additional shots is a murky work in progress—but more rounds seem increasingly likely.

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35 Generic Drugmakers Sign To Manufacture Low-Cost Version Of Pfizer's COVID Pill

Thirty-five generic drugmakers will produce low-cost versions of Pfizer Inc's (NYSE:PFE) COVID-19 pill, Paxlovid, to expand supplies of the highly effective drug in lower-income regions. Pfizer struck a deal last year with the group to allow generic drugmakers to make the pills for 95 low- and middle-income countries, covering up to approximately 53% of the…

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Alnylam Hits Pfizer, Moderna With Patent Infringement Suits

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALNY) has filed separate lawsuits in the Delaware federal court against Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA), seeking damages for infringement of a patent in the manufacture and sale of their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Alnylam said it was seeking compensation for the use of its lipid nanoparticles (LNP) technology that carries and delivers…

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Pfizer-BioNTech Seek FDA Approval For Second COVID-19 Booster In Elderly Population

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) filed an application with the

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Pfizer To Stop New Clinical Trials In Russia: Reuters

Reuters reported that Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) said it wo

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GeoVax Labs Retains CATO SMS To Manage Its Mid-Stage COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

GeoVax Labs Inc (NASDAQ:GOVX) has engaged CATO SMS to manage its two ongoing Phase 2 trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, GEO-CM04S1. One is testing the safety and effectiveness of GEO-CM04S1 compared to the Pfizer Inc (NASDAQ:PFE) / BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) in immunosuppressed patients with blood cancer. The other trial is testing GEO-CM04S1 as a booster in…

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Pfizer, Bayer to maintain drug supply to Russia

Pfizer Inc and Bayer said on Monday they would maintain humanitarian supply of medicines to Russia, but would pull back from other non-essential spending in the country.

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Pfizer's Paxlovid Becomes First Oral COVID-19 Therapy To Be Evaluated In Pediatric Clinical Study

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) has initiated a Phase 2/3 EPIC-PEDS trial to evaluate Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir tablets)

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Lung-Disease Focused AN2 Therapeutics Files Plans For NASDAQ Debut

AN2 Therapeutics Inc filed plans on Friday to go public in an initial public offering in which it reportedly hopes to raise about $75 million. AN2 plans to list on the Nasdaq with the symbol of ANTX. The Menlo Park-based biotech is developing a therapy for non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease, which…

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Pfizer Commits 10M Courses Of COVID-19 Oral Antiviral To Developing Countries: Reuters

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) is expected to provide around 10 million courses of its highly effective COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid to low- and middle-income countries in 2022, reports Reuters citing an official with the Global Fund. The Fund's head of strategy for policy, Harley Feldbaum, said Pfizer had committed at least that many…

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Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective Against Hospitalization, French Study Shows

According to a large French study, the risk of hospitalization after vaccination with Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) COVID-19 vaccine was about five times higher than those who received the Pfizer Inc (NYSE:

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Why Pfizer Shares Are Trading Higher Today

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) is trading higher Wednesday after the company received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for PF-06482077, or RSVpreF, the company's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate.

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Pfizer to provide 10 million courses of COVID pill to developing countries -the Global Fund

Pfizer Inc is expected to provide around 10 million courses of its highly effective COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid to low- and middle-income countries this year, according to an official with the Global Fund, a healthcare NGO working to buy the pills from the drugmaker.

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Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 Vaccine Mere 12% Effective In Kids 5-11 Years, New York Study Shows

According to a published study, Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE's (NASDAQ: BNTX) two-dose COVID-19 vaccine provided very little protection for children aged 5 to 11 years during the wave of o

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Pfizer's Clostridioides Difficile Vaccine Fails To Prevent C. Difficile Infection

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) announced data from the CLOVER Phase 3 trial evaluating Clostridioides difficile vaccine candidate to prevent C. difficile infection (CDI).

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Longer Waiting Period Between mRNA COVID-19 Doses May Cut Heart Inflammation Risk, CDC Suggests

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that younger males should consider waiting longer between doses of Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) / BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) and Moderna

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Pfizer/BioNTech's Omicron-Targeted COVID-19 To Miss March Timeline: Reuters

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) / BioNTech SE's (NASDAQ: BNTX) omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine is delayed by several weeks due to a slower-than-expected data gathering process,

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BioNTech Unveils First Modular mRNA Manufacturing Facility In Africa

BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX), which developed the first widely approved COVID-19 shot together with Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE),

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Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Boosters Effectiveness Wanes After Four Months: CDC Study

COVID-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) / BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:

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