The Latest Breaking News from Pfizer Inc

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…