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Futurism
1 week ago
Medicine

Young Patient Dies After Receiving Pfizer Gene Therapy

The tragic death of a young boy during a Pfizer medical trial for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has raised concerns and questions among scientists and parents. [ more ]
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago
Coronavirus

GSK Says Pfizer Infringed Five Patents Relating to Comirnaty COVID Vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) filed a complaint alleging Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines used GSK's patented inventions, highlighting unacknowledged revolutionary platform application. [ more ]
Cbsnews
2 months ago
Coronavirus

USPS will stop accepting orders for free COVID tests on March 8

Government-run efforts to provide free COVID-19 tests and Pfizer's antiviral are ending due to slowing trends.
ASPR has delivered over 1.8 billion free tests and will continue distributing to select facilities beyond the closure of the household shipment program. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Coronavirus

Medicine is going personalised': Moderna's UK boss on the coming vaccine revolution

Pfizer's former UK vaccine leader is now overseeing the construction of Moderna's manufacturing and research center in Oxfordshire.
The Moderna site is dedicated to the production of mRNA vaccines against new Covid variants and other illnesses. [ more ]
Miami Herald
4 months ago
Coronavirus

Here's why Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines do not affect DNA, experts say

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is facing criticism from federal regulators for spreading unfounded safety concerns about Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines.
Ladapo claims that the vaccines could potentially affect people's DNA and raise concerns about a possible cancer risk, but the FDA and vaccine experts have dismissed his claims. [ more ]
The Washington Times
5 months ago
Coronavirus

Texas sues Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccine: 'The pandemic did not end; it got worse'

Texas is suing Pfizer, accusing the pharmaceutical company of making unsupported claims about the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine and boosters.
The lawsuit alleges that Pfizer's promotion of the vaccine gave Americans the impression that it would end the pandemic, but the pandemic worsened. [ more ]
WSJ
5 months ago
Coronavirus

Opinion | The Covid Vaccine Windfall Turns on Pfizer and Moderna

Pfizer and Moderna's stock prices surged during the Covid panic
Pfizer became the first pharmaceutical company to have over $100 billion in annual sales in 2022 [ more ]
Digiday
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

With 'Charlie,' Pfizer is building a new generative AI platform for pharma marketing

Pfizer developed generative AI platform 'Charlie'
Charlie improves content supply chain and marketing workbench [ more ]
Axios
3 months ago
Privacy technologies

Pharma showed up for the big game

Menopause treatment ad aired during Super Bowl
Drug advertising is big business in the U.S. [ more ]
MedCity News
3 months ago
Law

Ex-Pfizer Employee Convicted for Insider Trades Ahead of Positive Paxlovid Data

A former Pfizer employee has been convicted of insider trading after buying options in the company's stock prior to the announcement of positive Covid-19 drug data.
The employee, Amit Dagar, was a senior statistical program lead for the clinical trial of Pfizer's drug Paxlovid, which showed an 89% reduction in hospitalization or death compared to a placebo. [ more ]
Ars Technica
5 months ago
Public health

Texas sues Pfizer with COVID anti-vax argument that is pure stupid

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Pfizer, alleging that the company deceived the public and misrepresented the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine.
Paxton's lawsuit relies on flawed arguments about the math used to assess the vaccine's effectiveness, which has been debunked by experts. [ more ]
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