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Pfizer’s New RSV Vaccine TV Commercial Calls for Protecting Moments

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You know how to protect against COVID and flu so ask your pharmacist or doctor about scheduling an RSV vaccine, too.” The commercial talks about RSV being a “highly contagious virus” and that people 60 years of age and older have a higher risk of being hospitalized from RSV, making vaccination against the virus important.

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Top 30 New Medical Devices of 2024

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A doctor inserts the catheter through a small incision in a vein in the groin and guides it to the heart. The catheters tip is positioned at various locations within the heart, where the doctor uses a generator to deliver RF energy. The system comprises a delivery catheter and a self-expanding metal stent made of nitinol.

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Regulators questioned integrity of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, leaked files show

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The email identified “a significant difference” in percentage of RNA integrity and “truncated species” between the clinical batched and proposed commercial batches – from around 78% to 55%. As a result the EMA filed two “major objections” with Pfizer about the discrepancy between clinical and commercial batches of the vaccine.

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Do pharma marketers have a responsibility to the public?

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Do I have a responsibility to share — on every occasion, random and formal, to family, friends, and strangers alike — my knowledge on the vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, the latest news from the Lancet or JAMA, why RNA is not voodoo, how Phase 4 safety trials are happening as I write…The answer is simple: yes.

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AI in pharma: Can it be used in DTC?

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Measuring RNA, DNA quickly. There is nothing more frustrating for patients than trying to speak to someone at a doctor’s office only to go through a layered phone tree. Drug Discovery and Manufacturing: It helps in the initial screening of drug compounds to the predicted success rate based on biological factors.

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New CRISPR-Based Rapid COVID-19 Test Can Detect SARS-CoV-2 Variants

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A porous membrane was engineered to capture RNA on its surface. A CRISPR-based reaction generates a fluorescent signal in the presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in a saliva sample. When these probes are cut along with the target sequence, a fluorescent signal is produced, indicating that the target has been successfully cut.

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Pfizer drops the blue pill, kicks off 2021 with new DNA logo

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It’s likely no coincidence that Pfizer’s flagship project in 2020 while the design of the logo was being finalised was unquestionably its high-profile alliance with BioNTech on the RNA-based coronavirus vaccine Comirnaty, which provided further evidence of the potential of harnessing genetic toolkits to tackle health issues.

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