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The drug industry continues to dare regulation

World of DTC Marketing

Pfizer expects to make as much as $22bn from its new Covid pill this year, on top of $37bn it made in 2021 from the vaccine. The study adds further evidence to the idea that drug copay cards are a great short-term deal for patients — and especially the pharma companies that promote them — but a wrong long-term value for healthcare costs.

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Can J&J’s vaccine approval erase bad pharma?

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SUMMARY: Pharma companies, like J&J, have received criticism for engaging in illegal activities, such as providing kickbacks and bribes, knowingly shipping adulterated or contaminated drugs to pharmacies, and marketing drugs for unapproved uses. Can a COVID-19 vaccine approval suddenly erase that? billion in penalties.

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Hungary steps out of line with EU to order Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

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Hungary is to order a consignment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, as the country struggles to contain the infection rate. According to press reports , the decision puts Hungary on “collision course” with the EU, which has not approved the vaccine or plans to review it either. The country has had more than 1.8

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Cyberattack targets EMA, hacks COVID-19 vaccine data

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it suffered a cyberattack, with documents relating to a Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine accessed. Shortly after however BioNTech confirmed that documents submitted as part of its marketing application for coronavirus vaccine BNT-162b had been accessed by the hackers.

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GSK flags new data suggesting a stark decline in routine adult vaccinations in the US

BioPharma Reporter

The pharma company and the CDC are recommending that adults continue routine vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce future vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) outbreaks and overall strain on the healthcare system.

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Brazil: untapped market for big pharma manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

Only a limited number of international pharma companies, however, operate manufacturing sites in the country. Brazilian pharma production sites are involved in Covid-19 vaccine and therapy manufacture. Large Brazilian pharma companies already play a major role in distributing Covid-19 vaccines to all of Latin America.

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COVID-19 vaccine equity: Campaigners say onus on pharma companies to start sharing IP and to transfer technology

BioPharma Reporter

Rows about vaccine supply and threats of export blocks donât do anything to bring us closer to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, say campaigners pushing for vaccine equity on a global level.