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BioNTech, CureVac part of $3.14B deal to bolster German vaccine capacity through 2029: report

Homegrown mRNA players BioNTech and CureVac have signed on to supply Germany with vaccines against future health emergencies for years to come. Germany will pay u...
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Pfizer, ex-employee reach a deal in COVID-19 vaccine trade secrets case

A now-former Pfizer employee is playing nice after the drugmaker sued her in November alleging the 15-year veteran uploaded more than 12,000 sensitive files—including...
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Pfizer, BioNTech say omicron partially evades its COVID vaccine but booster can restore protection

The COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech, Comirnaty, provides less protection against the omicron variant than it did against wild-type COVID and other va...
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Moderna, Regeneron warn about the effectiveness of COVID-19 drugs, vaccines against the omicron variant

As the world assesses the threat posed by the COVID-19 omicron variant, two top companies producing pandemic drugs and vaccines have warned that their current offerin...
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AstraZeneca CEO questions mRNA vaccine superiority, raising theory that his company’s shot offers longer-lasting protection

AstraZeneca’s chief executive Pascal Soriot is challenging the notion that his company's vaccine is inferior to the mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer. In fact, h...
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Pfizer to become $100B behemoth next year thanks to COVID-19 drug and vaccine

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a $100 billion pharma goliath. Pfizer’s revenue could reach $101.3 billion in 2022, with major contributions coming from the compan...
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As BioNTech raises expected COVID-19 vaccine sales to $19.6B, CEO stumps for wider booster use

Like its partner on its COVID-19 vaccine, BioNTech keeps upping its estimate for 2021 vaccine revenue. Last week, Pfizer jacked up its annual guidance on its vaccine ...
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What would Medicare price negotiations bring to the US? Look to Europe, Lilly CEO Ricks says

When posed with the decades-old question of how drug price reform would affect their operations in the U.S., pharma execs have a ready-made response: Reducing drug pr...
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BioNTech, eyeing $18B-plus in COVID-19 vaccine sales this year, poised to join the ranks of the world’s top drugmakers

The COVID-19 pandemic helped put mRNA vaccines on the map. Now, thanks to the shots' quick uptake in rich countries, mRNA specialist BioNTech appears poised to join t...
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