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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for newborns; Boehringer sues over IRA

STAT

The Food and Drug Administration approved a Pfizer vaccine that aims to protect newborns against RSV by vaccinating pregnant people, STAT tells us. The vaccine, marketed as Abrysvo, previously won approval for adults over the age of 60.

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STAT+: Bernie Sanders may have reached the limits of his pharma pressure campaign

STAT

For more than a year, Sanders has used his perch atop the Senate health committee to haul the CEOs of pharmaceutical companies that make insulin, vaccines, and more before the panel with progressively more ambitious demands related to their pricing.

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New pharma CEOs in the hot seat

STAT

A road test for fresh pharma CEOs A lot can change in five years — including the leadership of the three major pharmaceutical companies that will be testifying before Sen.   Sign up here  to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Bernie Sanders’ HELP Committee today. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Next big hope for Alzheimer’s might not help most Black patients; drugmakers ask Supreme Court to toss terrorism-support ruling

STAT

Advertisements eviscerating and glorifying pharmacy benefit managers have been around for years, but have intensified over the past three months as Congress scrutinizes the role these middlemen play in shaping high prescription drug prices , STAT tells us.

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STAT+: Report: Tuberculosis R&D funding is up, but still short of goals and dominated by a few players

STAT

Specifically, the amount spent on basic research, new treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics was $1.2 Just 9% came from the private sector, such as pharmaceutical companies. billion, the highest level since tracking of funding began in 2005 and 20% more than what was seen in 2022.

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Covid-19 Vaccines Are Chance at Salvation, Financial and Beyond, for Drug Makers

NY Times

Big profits beckon for pharmaceutical companies, which are already using their work on vaccines to fight efforts in Washington to curb drug prices.

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COVID-19 is causing a renaissance in the UK biotech sector, we must ensure it lasts

pharmaphorum

Over the past five to ten years US investors have focused on technology and internet companies, and relatively little on new biotech or pharmaceutical companies. As a result, the FTSE 350 Pharmaceuticals & Biotech index hit all-time highs in May. COVID-19 sparks change. Two key trends underpin the sector’s resurgence.

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