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Pfizer’s COVID pill Paxlovid gets boost in Britain thanks to spot in national trial

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral show little sign of slowing down in the pandemic’s third year. Now, the company’s oral therapy is getting a boost across the A...
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Novartis aims to keep canakinumab’s early lung cancer hopes alive despite metastatic failure

When Novartis failed in an attempt to repurpose Ilaris for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the Swiss pharma played up signs that it said supported cont...
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Moderna CFO Meline steps down $42 million richer, passing reins to incoming finance chief Gomez

Coming out of retirement to work for Moderna as its chief financial officer was a sweet deal for David Meline. In fact, it will make him $42 million richer. T...
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Myovant, Pfizer’s expansion bid for Myfembree hits a snag at the FDA

Myovant and Pfizer’s endometriosis expansion bid for Myfembree has hit a pothole late in the FDA’s review process. In a letter to the companies, the United States...
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Abzena nabs $65M to bolster manufacturing and research services on both sides of the pond

Roughly one year after dropping designs on a $200 million biologics plant in North Carolina, antibody-drug conjugate specialist Abzena has snared a fresh round of fun...
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Salvat heads to regulators with phase 3 data on ocular steroid

Salvat is gearing up to launch an ocular corticosteroid treatment for inflammation and pain in cataract surgery patients after finishing phase 3 trials and starting t...
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RLS bags $10M to trial dry powder inhaled CBD in anxiety

Investors have bought into Receptor Life Sciences’ vision of treating acute anxiety disorders using a dry powder inhaled cannabidiol (CBD). With $9.7 million in fresh...
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Pfizer asks hourly staffers to return overpayments in aftermath of vendor’s cyberattack: reports

A little extra cash is always a welcome surprise—until your employer asks you to pay it back, that is. In December, a ransomware attack struck Ultimate Kronos Gro...
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Novo Nordisk, trying to switch patients to Rybelsus, launches new TV ad

Down with Rybelsus! No, this isn’t a line from "1984," but rather the new message from Novo Nordisk for its first Rybelsus ad of 2022. One of the biggest issues f...
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Zealand becomes a lesson in the rigors of commercialization as a slow launch triggers 90% staff cut, CEO exit

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Zealand Pharma should be in the honeymoon glow of its first drug launch with a drug approved less than a year ago. Instead, it's lo...
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