Merck opens $1B vaccine plant in North Carolina
Bio Pharma Dive
MARCH 11, 2025
Unveiling of the new factory comes as Merck and other pharma companies face pressure to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S.
Pfizer, BioNTech bet mRNA can make a better shingles vaccine
Bio Pharma Dive
JANUARY 5, 2022
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
JANUARY 8, 2021
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
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
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
DECEMBER 12, 2023
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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Can J&J’s vaccine approval erase bad pharma?
World of DTC Marketing
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
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
AUGUST 3, 2020
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.
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mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Comes to Africa
BioSpace
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a need for local production of vaccines. Now, German pharma company BioNTech has said it will start manufacturing vaccines in Africa.
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COVID-19 vaccine: A hope and prayer?
World of DTC Marketing
JULY 22, 2020
QUICK READ : The government is agreeing to pay billions of dollars to the first company that developed a COVID-19 vaccine. billion for 100 million doses of a vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. The question that the media is asking is “will consumers trust a COVID-19 vaccine?” health officials agreed to pay $1.95
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UK Vaccine Taskforce head lifts lid on Novavax deal
pharmaphorum
APRIL 19, 2021
The UK’s unique offering as a life sciences research hub helped convince US biotech Novavax to develop its COVID-19 jab there, according to the head of the country’s Vaccines Taskforce. . It is really important and we have seen a lot of pharma companies interested in the UK. Speed is everything in clinical development.
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So much for pharma earning trust back
World of DTC Marketing
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
SUMMARY: Business by press release has made pharma executives a lot of money but we still haven’t seen any over reviewed data on COVID 19 vaccines. The American Nurses Association, a national professional organization, said one-third of its members do not intend to take the vaccine, and an additional third are undecided.
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Valneva, LimmaTech ally on quest for first Shigella vaccine
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 1, 2024
Valneva has bolstered its vaccines pipeline with a shot designed to protect against shigellosis – a major global health threat – licensed from LimmaTech Biologics.The French pharma company – best known for its COVID-19 jab and recent approval for the world's first chikungunya vaccine Ixchiq – is paying €10 million upfront for a stake in LimmaTech's (..)
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Pharma Companies Strike Deals to Deliver Millions of COVID-19 Vaccines by 2021
BioSpace
OCTOBER 28, 2020
BioSpace provides an up-to-date overview of these deals and the projected COVID-19 vaccine doses each company plans to have within the next couple of years.
AI continues to gain momentum in the biopharmaceutical industry in 2023
Pharmaceutical Technology
JANUARY 16, 2023
Recent cases in the pharmaceutical sector include Poolbeg Pharma finding more than one respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate with AI by going through a vast amount of early stage clinical data to prioritise candidates and reposition them as novel treatments for RSV infection.
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Cancer vaccines: providing the edge in oncology
pharmaphorum
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
In this article, Ben Hargreaves looks into the promise of cancer vaccines and how this treatment modality may offer advantages over existing immunotherapies in the oncology sector. One area that is gathering increasing levels of interest is the development of cancer vaccines. A broad front.
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GSK flags new data suggesting a stark decline in routine adult vaccinations in the US
BioPharma Reporter
MARCH 23, 2021
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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Sanofi Cuts Jobs in U.S. Vaccines Division as Part of Restructuring
BioSpace
APRIL 18, 2024
French healthcare and pharma company Sanofi will terminate an undisclosed number of positions in its U.S. vaccines commercial unit in an effort to streamline the strategic sales structure.
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Pharma Tuesday Stuff
World of DTC Marketing
APRIL 20, 2021
With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against covid-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care as they find more advanced cancer and rotting and damaged teeth, among other ailments. Pfizer could sell $24 billion in Covid Vaccine this year.
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The clock is ticking on healthcare’s excessive profiteering
World of DTC Marketing
APRIL 21, 2021
The amount of money Pfizer is going to make from their vaccine borders on obscene while PBMs quietly take a cut of every Rx transaction without really adding any value. ” J&J has had problems in the past, but they’re trying to be an ethical and responsible pharma company. Pharma is a big business.
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The hypocrisy of big pharma
World of DTC Marketing
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
SUMMARY: Pfizer will earn over 26 billion dollars from their COVID vaccine, while Moderna and J&J also look to their vaccines for more profit dollars. Here is his rationale: “ When we asked the Pfizer colleagues to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in l ess than a year, you did. trillion social spending package.
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Report suggests UK’s national vaccine facility is on the block
pharmaphorum
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The UK’s Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) – unveiled with fanfare by the government in 2018 – is rumoured to be up for sale. It was billed at the time as a key tool to accelerate the development of new and innovative vaccines to combat some of the world’s most prevalent diseases, from discovery to licensed product.
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COVID-19 vaccine equity: Campaigners say onus on pharma companies to start sharing IP and to transfer technology
BioPharma Reporter
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
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.
Brazil: untapped market for big pharma manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 30, 2022
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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HCP’s use of social media: the good and the not so good
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 9, 2021
86% of diagnostic device companies, 65% of pharma marketers, and over half of biotechs use social as a critical part of their marketing mix to reach HCPs. Doximity was flagged for having anti-vaccine information. HCPs don’t necessarily want pharma trying to sell products via social media.
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Moderna unveils $500m plan for African vaccine facility
pharmaphorum
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Moderna has said it plans to invest $500 million in a new facility for manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Africa, and has kicked off a search to find a suitable country and location. of Africans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and just 15 African nations have met the agency’s objective of 10% coverage.
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BioNTech mobile mRNA vaccine labs reach Rwanda
Medical Xpress
MARCH 13, 2023
Six mobile vaccine production units by German pharma company BioNTech arrived in Rwanda on Monday, the first such shipments to Africa as the continent seeks to boost mRNA vaccine manufacturing.
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How pharma companies and governments can overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
BioPharma Reporter
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
While governments are now getting ready to ensure large-scale, equitable access and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, concern about vaccine hesitancy is growing worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to continue to impose enormous burdens on societies and economies globally.
COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine
pharmaphorum
AUGUST 23, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.
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Keeping the pandemic at bay with needle-free vaccine delivery
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Ben Hargreaves highlights the innovation in vaccine delivery that could make a difference in providing low- and middle-income countries with vaccination options, as well as offer a boost to programs in higher-income countries. The question to be answered in the future will be how to improve upon existing vaccine technology.
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Governments and pharma relationships and implications for antimicrobial resistance
Pharmaceutical Technology
AUGUST 1, 2022
Since 2020, government agencies have provided funding for expensive late-stage vaccine development and the expansion of manufacturing capacity, as well as other key pharmaceutical activities. The shift from private to public funding enabled more rapid development of Covid-19 drugs and vaccines.
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Pharma is hiring
World of DTC Marketing
AUGUST 13, 2020
IN BRIEF: Pharma companies have been posting jobs on LinkedIn almost every day. While most offices remain closed pharma is preparing for the launch of new products and has to have the infrastructure to ensure a successful launch. Yet, too many pharma companies don’t get social media snapshots of what’s being said.
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The future of pharma depends on its employees
World of DTC Marketing
JANUARY 7, 2021
Some within pharma has worked at so many jobs their resume reads like a list of pharma companies. These people tend to want titles of importance and come across as someone who would politically fit within a company. Why hasn’t Pfizer offered some help in vaccine distribution?
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GSK’s Maria Reyes Boceta-Muñoz Talks Vaccine Development in a Post-Pandemic World
XTalks
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Vaccines have been an integral piece of the global public health toolbox for over 200 years, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a new era in vaccine development with renewed interest in mRNA technology and unprecedented accelerated regulatory approvals. What are the major challenges you’re facing right now in vaccine development?
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Edelman Trust Barometer raises questions
World of DTC Marketing
MARCH 11, 2022
3hree: Those with higher levels of trust in healthcare are more likely to be proactive about their general health, vaccinated against COVID-19, supportive of public health measures over personal freedom, and accepting of changing recommendations from healthcare officials than are low-trusting respondents.
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Europe looks to next wave of COVID with coordinated supply plan
BioPharma Reporter
JUNE 20, 2022
Following the adoption of a critical list of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, European Union member states and pharma companies will communicate to ensure sufficient supply to meet evolving demand.
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Thursday pharma headlines
World of DTC Marketing
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Misuse Federal Data to Falsely Claim COVID Vaccines Are Dangerous. The national vaccine safety surveillance program run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Established anti-vaccine activists and groups are newly interested in mining VAERS data to suggest that matters are even worse than what it shows.
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Health misinformation online abounds
World of DTC Marketing
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Pfizer’s ad in newspapers yesterday was a good start to trying to earn back trust but unfortunately the misinformation about vaccine candidates is already starting to gather momentum. Pharma companies have a major opportunity to earn back the trust of a skeptical public but it’s going to take a consistent effort.
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The Pandemic Treaty and the opportunity to end ‘vaccine apartheid’
pharmaphorum
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Ben Hargreaves discovers why some have referred to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as a form of apartheid. Vaccine access for a price. Tendayi Achium, labelled the response by the global community as a form of “vaccine apartheid,” a suggestion echoed by the organisation’s director general.
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Earning trust and building trust need to occur at the same time
World of DTC Marketing
MARCH 1, 2021
Pharma has to undress, and that trust is an ongoing process, and leaders cannot rest on the work they have completed, like developing vaccines. The employees at J&J are saying, on LinkedIn, how proud they are that their company developed a COVID vaccine. More support and improvement of processes are needed.
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UK Pharma Company Scancell Selects COVID-19 Vaccine for Clinical Trials | 2020-12-21
The Pharma Data
DECEMBER 20, 2020
UK drug developer Scancell said it has chosen a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, SN14, from more than a dozen potential products to advance to a clinical trial. . SN14 works by targeting the coronavirus’ nucleocapsid and spike proteins to prevent viral replication using the company’s ImmunoBody DNA vaccine technology.
The drug industry continues to dare regulation
World of DTC Marketing
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
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 ROI ever be used with patient-centric?
World of DTC Marketing
MARCH 21, 2021
SUMMARY: The goal of business is to maximize profits for shareholder returns but when a company that serves the public good pays CEOs millions of dollars in compensation while having among the highest profit margins within ANY industry I would argue that something is dreadfully wrong. Cancer is not just one disease.
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Does the pandemic mark a turning point in vaccine development?
pharmaphorum
MARCH 11, 2022
After a period where vaccine development had fallen away, suddenly it is back in the limelight. However, for those individuals working on vaccine development, the pandemic has proven to be a validation of the important work being carried out in the field. billion from its vaccine in 2021. The ‘poor relation’.
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Pharma’s corporate social responsibility?
World of DTC Marketing
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
What is pharma’s responsibility? Pharma provides medications to treat everything from severe cardiac issues to depression but should America’s pharma companies go beyond just providing a treatment? People accuse pharma of keeping people sick to make money. That’s a rumor. It’s l g overdue.
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