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May 16, 2022

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Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill

November 17, 2021 The Associated Press

LONDON — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half […]

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Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

November 5, 2021 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the […]

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FDA approves Pfizer emergency-use shot for 5-11-year-olds

November 3, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The Food and Drug Administration approved a kid-sized emergency use (EUA) COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer/BioNTech on Oct. 29. The Biden administration said it plans to distribute enough doses for the nation’s 28 […]

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Pfizer FDA-approval push for 5-and-older vaccine sets stage for K-12 immunizations fight

October 6, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — With Pfizer and German company BioNTech requesting FDA approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, K-12 parents may find their state attempting to add the vaccination to the immunizations […]

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HARSANYI: Punishing Big Pharma for its success will cost lives

May 15, 2021 David Harsanyi

The New York Times reports that “Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in Profits From Covid Vaccine.” The pharma giant Pfizer earned revenues of $3.5 billion in the first three months of 2021, estimated to generate […]

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Vaccine maker BioNTech says no need to waive patents

May 13, 2021 Frank Jordans, Associated Press

BERLIN — The head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Monday that there is no need to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines because manufacturers will be able to produce enough shots to supply the world […]

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FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week

May 4, 2021 Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar […]

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How effective is the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine?

April 8, 2021 William Petri, University of Virginia

As the COVID-19 vaccines reach more people across the country, some people have asked: Could we delay the second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to allow more people to be vaccinated more quickly? […]

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How do mRNA vaccines work – and why do you need a second dose?

March 19, 2021 Daniel Merino, The Conversation

Tens of millions of people across the U.S. have received a coronavirus vaccine. So far, the majority of doses have been either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, both of which use mRNA to generate an […]

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Biden tours Pfizer plant as weather causes vaccine delays

February 19, 2021 Zeke Miller and Ricardo Alonso, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Extreme winter weather has dealt the first major setback to the Biden administration’s planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines, delaying shipment of three days’ worth of shots, or about 6 million doses. […]

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