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Pfizer, BioNTech bet mRNA can make a better shingles vaccine

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharma company, already partnered with BioNTech on vaccines for COVID-19 and influenza, will pay $225 million upfront to further expand its work with the German biotech.

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Covid vaccine profits and the strain on supply channels

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Pfizer and Moderna will sell $28 billion of Covid-19 vaccines this year. Pharma companies will make an estimated $40 billion on the global COVID-19 vaccine market this year, which will be split between Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Novavax, and others. So far the winners are Pfizer and Moderna.

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Pfizer, marking fast research pace, starts key trial of RSV vaccine

Bio Pharma Dive

The pharma company is in a tight race with rivals, including GSK, to become the first with an approved shot for the infectious disease.

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AstraZeneca to acquire vaccine maker Icosavax for up to $1.1B

Bio Pharma Dive

The deal signals the pharma company’s continuing interest in vaccine development and hands it a combination shot aimed at two respiratory viruses.

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COVID 19 vaccine means big money and greed

World of DTC Marketing

QUICK READ : Pharma had a chance to earn some goodwill with a very skeptical public but it’s become obvious that the rush to develop a vaccine is about profit, executive stock, and Wall Street despite potential huge investments from the government. Moderna, a 10-year-old vaccine developer based in Cambridge, Mass.,

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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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Will people line up for a COVID-19 vaccine?

World of DTC Marketing

QUICK READ: As COVID-19 vaccines enter Phase III trials one has to wonder just how transparent pharma companies will be with the data. Personally I would want to know as much as I can before I ask for the vaccine but I also know that greed can make people do stupid things and there is a lot of money at stake here.