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Pfizer lures research chief from Roche, prompting high-level reshuffle

Dive Brief: Pfizer is hiring William Pao, currently Roche's head of pharmaceutical research and early development, to serve as its chief development officer and ex...
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With new trial, Pfizer and BioNTech will test whether an omicron vaccine is needed

Dive Brief: Pfizer and BioNTech have begun enrolling patients in a study testing a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine specifically tailored to the omicron varia...
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Moderna follows Pfizer in beginning trial of omicron vaccine

Dive Brief: Moderna on Wednesday said it has begun a trial testing a new version of its COVID-19 vaccine that's tailored to the omicron variant, one day after Pfiz...
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FDA approves AbbVie, Pfizer drugs for eczema, creating competition for Sanofi

Dive Brief: The top-selling product for French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi now has two more competitors in the U.S. market, as the Food and Drug Administration on ...
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Pfizer’s big bet on mRNA, Biogen ‘proven wrong’ on Aduhelm price and the next cell therapies

Biotechnology stocks ended the first day of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in the green, but only barely. By Monday afternoon, a closely followed index of the ...
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COVID-19 pills from Pfizer, Merck authorized by FDA in major pandemic milestone

Paxlovid and molnupiravir are the first oral treatments for COVID-19, potentially valuable new tools as the fast-spreading omicron variant fuels a sharp surge in case...
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In final analysis, Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill remains highly effective

Final study results show Pfizer's experimental COVID-19 pill remained as effective as indicated by preliminary data last month, a major relief after promising data fo...
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Lilly deepens research ties in China with biotech deal

Lilly's deal with Regor is another example of large pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. and Europe showing interest in Chinese biotechs for their research, rather th...
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Arena, completing its turnaround, sells to Pfizer for nearly $7 billion

Pfizer has agreed to acquire Arena Pharmaceuticals for about $6.7 billion in a deal that validates the San Diego biotech’s plan to reshape itself around a portfolio o...
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AbbVie’s blockbuster weighed down by safety concerns for a similar Pfizer drug

For years, AbbVie's business has relied on Humira. One of the world's top-selling medicines, Humira brought in close to $20 billion for AbbVie in each of the last thr...
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