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Biotech industry pushes Trump Administration to release new vaccine guidelines
2 October 2020 - The BIO trade group, whose members include most of the vaccine makers, asked the health secretary to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2020
Pfizer CEO on the pressures of creating a COVID-19 vaccine: ‘what is at stake is beyond imagination'
30 September 2020 - Albert Bourla, 58, is chairman and chief executive of Pfizer, a multinational pharmaceutical company. Bourla is a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
The antibiotic paradox: why companies can’t afford to create life-saving drugs
19 August 2020 - Paratek Pharmaceuticals successfully brought a new antibiotic to the market. So why is the company’s long-term survival ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2020
Trials of a vaccine and new drug raise hope of beating COVID-19
20 July 2020 - The latest tests with Oxford University’s vaccine, and interferon beta, look promising. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2020
Many drug companies working on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments are lobbying harder than usual
20 July 2020 - Pharmaceutical companies racing to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines have upped their lobbying presence in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2020
Deep dive into big pharma AI productivity: one study shaking the pharmaceutical industry
15 July 2020 - The pharmaceutical business is perhaps the only industry on the planet, where to get the product from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2020
The COVID-19 vaccine development multiverse
14 July 2020 - Leaving in its wake more than 12 million infections, over 550,000 deaths, and an economic toll in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2020
The development of COVID-19 vaccines: safeguards needed
6 July 2020 - A safe and effective vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the best way to control and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2020
Developing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at warp speed
6 July 2020 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has unleashed major and substantial changes in the provision of health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2020
FDA takes action to help facilitate timely development of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines
30 June 2020 - Today, the U.S. FDA took important action to help facilitate the timely development of safe and effective ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2020
Clinical trial costs to develop a new drug may actually be rather modest — or so one study suggests
18 June 2020 - For years, the pharmaceutical industry has maintained that the costs to develop medicines accounts for rising ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2020
Price limits will scare off COVID-19 vaccine makers, Fauci warns
10 June 2020 - More than one vaccine will be needed, Fauci says. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2020
U.K. lab to sidestep pharma industry to sell potential virus vaccine
7 June 2020 - Imperial College aims to develop a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to manufacture and is forming ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2020
The quest for a vaccine could restore faith in big pharma
4 June 2020 - The boffins of AstraZeneca are showing the way forward ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2020
Trump Administration selects five coronavirus vaccine candidates as finalists
3 June 2020 - The Trump administration has selected five companies, including Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer, as the most likely ...