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Viatris shows no signs of growing pains in its ‘trough year,’ but one analyst has longer-term worries

Viatris CEO Michael Goettler may well consider this a “trough” year for his newly formed company. But only months after he made that declaration, Viatris reported fig...
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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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Volume 13 Issue 4

Virtual Town Halls Provide Timely Support to SARS-CoV-2 Test Developers

Since the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has hosted a weekly “virtual town hall” meeting to provide the oppo...
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Volume 13 Issue 4

Respiratory Disease Diagnosis and Testing Beyond COVID-19

Over the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed healthcare for respiratory medicine firmly in the global spotlight. But even before this, over half a billion peo...
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Volume 13 Issue 4

What a Global Pandemic Taught Us About the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

As global supply chains strained under the pressure of intense demand and thinning resources created by the COVID-19 pandemic, both the public and private sectors had...
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Volume 13 Issue 4

COVID-19 Vaccines updates Cold Chain Logistics of Vaccine Distribution

Developing COVID-19 vaccines was the first step in the fight back against the virus. The world then faced and continues to navigate, the significant challenges of hav...
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Pfizer now expects COVID vaccine sales to reach $33.5B this year, a whopping $7.5B bump from its estimate 3 months ago

We’re seeing victory laps these days during the Summer Olympic Games. Now it’s Pfizer’s turn. Three months after estimating 2021 revenues for its COVID-19 vaccine Co...
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Lawmakers press FDA for answers about its plans to restart foreign inspections

FDA inspections restarted earlier this month in the United States, finally giving the regulator a chance to work through the enormous domestic backlog which accumulat...
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Pharma giants, led by Pfizer and J&J, play COVID card to fight global tax deal: WSJ

Pharma is already playing the COVID card. In the face of a comprehensive global tax agreement intended to stymie opportunities for tax avoidance, industry executives...
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