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Pfizer/BioNTech confirm new global collaboration to develop first mRNA-based shingles vaccine

The companies plan to begin clinical trials of the new vaccine in the second half of 2022

The Ongoing Evaluation of Medical Affairs

Eddie Power, Vice President of North America Medical Affairs, Hospital Business at Pfizer, discusses a range of topics, including the effects of COVID-19 on the way Medical Affairs teams work...

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Novartis to pay up to $1.5bn for Gyroscope

The acquisition of ocular gene therapy company, Gyroscope, adds GT005 to the Novartis portfolio – a one-time gene therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness

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Novartis strengthens links with BeiGene in a deal that could be worth up to $1bn

Novartis is to pay $300m upfront to BeiGene in a multifaceted deal to enhance its oncology portfolio and expand coverage of the Chinese market

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Tezspire approved in US for severe asthma

AstraZeneca and Amgen’s monoclonal antibody Tezspire is now available to control dangerous exacerbations in all adults and children aged 12 years and above with severe asthma

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Novartis pulls out of Mesoblast deal

Shares in Mesoblast dropped sharply after Novartis pulled out of a deal announced earlier this year to collaborate on COVID-19 medicine remestemcel-L, citing poor trial data

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Pfizer buys Arena in $6.7bn deal to broaden immuno-inflammatory portfolio

The cash deal includes Arena’s lead candidate, etrasimod, which is currently in trials for ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and atopic dermatitis

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Annual COVID-19 jabs likely, says Pfizer head

Pfizer CEO predicts annual jabs will be needed to maintain a ‘very high level of protection’ against COVID-19 and emphasises the need to vaccinate children

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US FDA expands COVID-19 booster jabs to all adults

All Americans 18 and over are now eligible to receive a booster shot of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

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US government to pay $5.3bn for Pfizer‘s Paxlovid

If approved by the FDA, the US government will purchase 10 million courses of Pfizer’s anti-COVID protease inhibitor antiviral therapy, Paxlovid, this year and into 2022

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Pfizer snaps up Biohaven’s migraine drug for $1.24bn

Pfizer will sell the migraine drug outside the US and will also gain the rights to a second drug

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Pfizer’s oral antiviral Paxlovid significantly cuts risk of severe COVID-19

Pfizer has halted its phase 2/3 trial of its new antiviral combo Paxlovid after analysis shows it cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19 by nearly 90%

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