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An Israel-based study has found that a fourth dose of the Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) / BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) vaccine lowered rates of COVID-19 infection among the elderly.

According to a US-based study, children ages 5 to 11 who received the Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) / BioNTech SE's (NASDAQ:BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine were 68% less likely to be hospitalized during the omicron wave than unvaccinated children. Adolescents aged 12-18 who received two shots of the vaccine were around 40% less likely to be hospitalized with the…

The FDA has approved ViiV Healthcare's Cabenuva (cabotegravir, rilpivirine) for HIV-1 in virologically suppressed adolescents. The approval covers patients aged 12 years or older and weighing at least 35kg on a stable antiretroviral regimen, with no history of treatment failure and no known or suspected resistance to either cabotegravir or rilpivirine. The regimen…

The healthcare industry has achieved significant growth over the past two years in-part because the COVID-19 pandemic fostered a stream of hefty private and federal investments in the sector. With accelerating advancement and increased tech integration in healthcare, we expect renowned companies Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK),…

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) has announced topline results from a second Phase 3 study of etrasimod for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).  The 12- and 52-week ELEVATE UC 52 follow the recent announcement of 12-week findings from the ELEVATE UC 12 trial. In this 52-week study, also known as ELEVATE UC 52,…

Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) oral COVID-19 therapy will be evaluated as a potential treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a major British trial.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…