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US biotech viewed as lucrative target partly because of its promising pipeline of weight-loss drugsNovo Nordisk has launched a surprise $9bn (£6.9bn) offer for the US obesity-focused biotech firm Metsera that could gazump an existing bid from Pfizer as…
President also said that company would provide medications to Medicaid at ‘most favored nation’ pricingUS politics – latest updatesDonald Trump announced on Tuesday that Pfizer, the prescription drug manufacturer, has agreed to offer medications at “he…
Class action lawsuit alleges company failed to warn about risks of using contraceptive injection Depo-ProveraThe drugmaker Pfizer faces a US lawsuit brought on behalf of women who developed brain tumours, which they say are linked to their use of the c…
Email obtained by Guardian says Pfizer was told approval may not be granted, meaning Moderna may have to fill gapPfizer’s Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this fall, prompting Moderna to f…
European court of justice says no ‘plausible explanation’ given for denying New York Times access to texts from pandemicThe EU’s highest court has cancelled a decision to withhold Ursula von der Leyen’s text messages with a pharmaceutical executive dur…
Around 20 million people need to be vaccinated with Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine for the company to reach US$2 billion in 2023 sales.
Biden administration urged to declare a public health emergency with key medication for preventable condition in short supplyHealth advocates are calling on the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency over a steep rise in congenital s…
Democrats say deaths will follow false claim by Dr Joseph Ladapo that new boosters were not tested on humansCovid-19 deaths are inevitable in Florida, Democrats are warning, after rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis joined the state’s controvers…
Health officials reiterate support for private provision as lower age limit for NHS booster vaccines raised to 65Covid booster vaccines may become available for the UK public to buy for the first time after health officials reiterated their backing for…
The drugmaker’s ability to salvage production equipment and other essential materials could mitigate what experts feared would be a major blow to an already strained system.