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China’s new NRDL; Biocon-Viatris biosimilar merger?; Avistone’s $200M series A

China unveiled new inclusions in its national reimbursement drug list, featuring novel therapies from Biogen, Pfizer, Eli Lilly and more. Partners Biocon and Viatris ...
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Merck’s Hilleman Laboratories tees up $58M investment at new Singapore vaccine hub

Singapore has attracted a slate of vaccine heavyweights in recent years. Now, a Merck joint venture is getting in on the action, following in the footsteps of compani...
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GlaxoSmithKline and Vir’s sotrovimab stands up to omicron despite other COVID antibodies falling short

Amid reports that COVID-19 antibody treatments from Regeneron and Eli Lilly lose their effectiveness against the omicron variant, GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnolog...
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Pfizer boosts Paxlovid manufacturing capacity as Merck’s rival COVID pill hits surprise efficacy setback

The efficacy data for Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 drug now look so appealing that the Big Pharma company is boosting manufacturing capacity even before an expected emergen...
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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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Aspen closes in on Africa license for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine

One of Johnson & Johnson’s long-held pandemic manufacturing partners just made headway in its quest to license the company’s shot in Africa. Aspen Pharmacare on ...
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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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Pfizer, like Merck, inks deal to license COVID-19 pill and boost global supply

With its highly anticipated COVID-19 oral treatment seemingly on a fast track to approval, Pfizer already is lining it up to be manufactured as a generic by countries...
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With Merck’s oral COVID-19 med molnupiravir set for authorization, U.S. spends another $1B for 1.4 million courses

With molnupiravir, Merck & Co. and Ridgeback’s oral treatment for COVID-19, apparently on the doorstep of authorization, the U.S. has moved to secure additional d...
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