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The Latest Breaking News from Pfizer

Biden administration and GOP clash over vaccine strategy

The administration wants to keep access as open as possible, but the GOP wants to reduce wastage.

Axios

COVID-19 Symptoms Rebound After Pfizer's COVID-19 Therapy, What Could Be The Reason?

Some patients have reported that COVID-19 symptoms recurred after completing treatment and experiencing improvement after Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid.

Benzinga

3 ways to get COVID pills, if you've just tested positive

Some people have had trouble getting Paxlovid pills quickly, despite the administration's effort to ease access after a COVID test confirms infection.

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Commentary: The US is doing too little to monitor Paxlovid use

Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral treatment for COVID-19, is turning out to be one of the most successful new drugs in pharma history. Prescriptions have increased tenfold since February, and the five-day pill pack accounts for nearly 90% of the COVID-19 oral-antiviral market.

Tribune News Service

Looking At Pfizer's Recent Whale Trades

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Pfizer (NYSE:PFE). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Benzinga

WHO calls on Pfizer to make its COVID pill more available

The head of the World Health Organization has called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries

The Independent UK

Covid vaccines are ‘safe for pregnant women and cut stillbirth risk’, study says

Unvaccinated pregnant women who catch Covid-19 are more likely to fall seriously ill

The Independent UK

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Pfizer Acquires Migraine Drugmaker For $11B, Biogen Files For Second Alzheimer's Drug Approval, Longeveron CEO Leaves

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Benzinga

Pfizer Acquires This Migraine Drug Maker For $11B: What Investors Need To Know

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) will acquire Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd (NYSE:BHVN) for $148.50 per share, equivalent to $11.6 billion. Pfizer will also make payments at closing to settle Biohaven's third-party debt and for the redemption of all outstanding shares of Biohaven's redeemable preferred stock. The deal includes the acquisition of rimegepant (NURTEC ODT), a dual-acting…

Benzinga

Pfizer to spend $11.6B on migraine treatment maker Biohaven

Pfizer is spending $11.6 billion to buy the remaining portion of migraine treatment maker Biohaven Pharmaceuticals it does not already own

The Independent UK

Fourth Covid booster vaccine 'significantly' improves protection over just three jabs

It is "over and above" the level of protection that people who have had their third jab receive, according to the latest research.

Daily Record

Covid vaccines safe for pregnant women and cut stillbirth risk, says review

Chance of stillbirth reduced by 15%, researchers find, after examining studies and trials that enrolled 117,552 women

The Guardian - UK

Fourth booster ‘significantly’ increases Covid protection

Levels of antibodies waned in period between third jabs and fourth boosters

Wales Online

Covid: ‘Vaccine ceiling’ approaching for some as study suggests fourth jab may not be necessary

A ‘hint’ that some people might have already reached ‘ceiling’ in terms of protection they could acquire from fourth jab

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The Guardian - UK

Fourth Covid jab can give higher immunity than initial booster, study finds

UK-based team finds antibodies peaked higher after fourth jab given after gap of more than six months than after third

The Independent UK

Fourth booster ‘significantly’ increases protection

Academics have been monitoring the levels of protection post-vaccination.

Bangkok Post

Phuket boy's blindness due to sinusitis, not Pfizer jab

A 12-year-old boy in Phuket did not lose his sight because of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine but due to severe complications from sinusitis, medical experts on the island province said.

ABC News

High-risk COVID-19 patients can now get two antiviral prescription drugs — but some are still missing out

For Australians at high risk of developing severe COVID-19, getting access to potentially lifesaving treatments recently became easier — but experts say some people are still having trouble obtaining them.

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The Independent UK

Rare cases of COVID returning pose questions for Pfizer pill

A small number of COVID-19 patients are relapsing after taking Pfizer's antiviral pill, raising questions about the drug at the center of the U.S. response effort

Benzinga

Pfizer's Ex-Dividend Date Is Thursday, Here's What You Need To Know

Wednesday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Pfizer (NYSE:PFE).

The Guardian - UK

Affordable Covid drugs kept out of reach by sluggish WTO

Analysis: EU and US pharma giants’ intellectual property rights stop poorer countries accessing vital medication – despite WTO claims of progress

Bangkok Post

Thailand's first lot of local Covid vaccine produced

The first batch of ChulaCov19, the first messenger-RNA vaccine developed in Thailand, has been produced and is awaiting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the first two phases of human trials, a government spokesperson said on Saturday.

Benzinga

Researchers Want Pfizer's Therapy Studied As Evidence Suggests Benefit for Long COVID Patients: Reuters

Additional reports of patients with long COVID who were helped by Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid have surfaced, providing momentum for conducting clinical trials to test the treatment,

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Benzinga

U.S. FDA extends review of Pfizer and Myovant Sciences supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) For MYFEMBREE by three months

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the review period for the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) from Pfizer Inc.

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