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Moderna's vaccine can last for weeks in a refrigerator, expanding an edge on rivals

Bio Pharma Dive

Pharmacies and doctor's offices should be able to store Moderna's shot on site, a crucial advantage for the mass immunization challenge that lies ahead.

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Governments have a public health duty to expand vaccination coverage through pharmacies, FIP says

Pharma Mirror

The Hague — Governments and other stakeholders must take urgent action to ensure equity in access to disease prevention measures, which includes greater investment in vaccines and vaccination services by community pharmacists.

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CO2 Safety Monitors for Dry Ice Vaccination

Pharma Mirror

has partnered with a national pharmacy chain to keep their customers and employees safe from the potential hazardous effects for CO2 exposure from the dry ice that is keeping the COVID-19 vaccines cold. The chain needed more than 800 safety monitors to be distributed to the first vaccine administration facilities on short notice.

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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Illegally Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Under 12

FDA Law Blog

Richardson — On September 24, 2021, the owner of a pharmacy in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to participating in a felony conspiracy to convert government property and to commit health care fraud in connection with the illegal vaccination of minors between the ages of 7 to 11 with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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

World of DTC Marketing

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? Johnson & Johnson has paid $2.7

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US to procure 3.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax

Pharmaceutical Technology

million doses of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, in the initial stage. The order is contingent on the vaccine obtaining Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation. The post US to procure 3.2

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Available for Preorder: The 2022 Economic Report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Drug Channels

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers is a definitive, nonpartisan resource that includes the most current information about pharmacy dispensing channels, third-party payers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), patients’ financial contributions, government regulations, and much more.