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Pfizer Pays $11.6 Billion for Drug-Maker in Its Biggest Deal Since 2016
Pfizer announced it will buy migraine drug maker Biohaven for about $11.6 billion – in cash.
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US Regulators Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
The decision drew immediate pushback, with experts noting that young, healthy people are at low risk of severe COVID-19 and at elevated risk of heart inflammation following vaccination.
Pfizer Deal Lets Outside Companies Make Drugmaker's COVID-19 Pill
The deal lets manufacturers in certain countries produce the pill, provided they don't try to sell it in a certain set of other nations.
Walgreens Responds After Family Says Children Received COVID-19 Vaccine Instead of Flu Shot
Indiana family said their two young children got two full adult doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine instead of influenza shots.
Merck Says Antiviral Pill for COVID-19 Is Effective, Plans to File for Emergency Authorization
The antiviral, molnupiravir, cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half for adults who were deemed at risk but not hospitalized, according to a planned interim analysis of the trial.
Merck Says Experimental Covid-19 Pill Cuts Risk of Death by 50%
If approved, the drug would be the first pill effective against Covid-19.
More Than 30 Companies, Including Amazon, Facebook and Pfizer Vow to Create Economic Opportunities for Afghan Refugees
The 34 companies have joined the Tent Coalition for Afghan Refugees, which aims to integrate Afghan refugees into the United States.
Pfizer Says its COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe and Likely to Work In Younger Children, and it's Planning to Ask for Permission to Use it In Kids as Young as 5
The pharmaceutical giant plans to soon apply for an expanded OK that includes 5- to 11-year-olds.
Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Weakens Over Time
Pfizer said that booster doses should be given to all people aged 16 and older six months after they received their second dose of the mRNA vaccine.
First Patient Gets Dose in Pfizer's Oral COVID-19 Drug Trial
"If successful, we believe this therapy could help reduce severity of illness among a broad population of patients," Rod MacKenzie, Pfizer's chief development officer, said in a statement.
Vaccine-Maker BioNTech Sees 2nd-Quarter Profits Soar
In an earnings report released on Monday, the Mainz-based company said that it made a net profit of nearly $3.3 billion between April and June.