Text size fake pictures Shares of AstraZeneca rose on Thursday as new drug sales helped the British pharmaceutical giant exceed expectations in the second quarter. Late-stage trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, have also begun in the UK, Brazil and South Africa, the company …
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Text size Johnson & Johnson became the third western biopharmaceutical company to start a new test of its Covid-19 vaccine this week, but with one difference: in a surprise announcement Thursday morning, the company said it would test its vaccine in a format single dose. Moderna (MRNA) and Pfizer (PFE) …
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Pharmaceutical companies competing to develop coronavirus vaccines are already working behind the scenes to build the supply chains necessary to deliver their drugs to billions of people as quickly as possible. To meet global demand once a vaccine is approved, a complicated and high-risk supply chain would be put in …
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Text size Spencer Platt / Getty Images Large pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced second-quarter financial results on Tuesday morning that exceeded Wall Street expectations, sending shares of around 3% in pre-trade. The company reported earnings of $ 0.78 per share, beating the FactSet consensus at $ 0.10 and the S&P Capital …
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Text size Albert Bourla, CEO of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer Drew Angerer / Getty Images Albert Bourla, Pfizer‘s CEO, he has no patience with the argument that pharmaceutical companies should not make a profit from the drugs and vaccines they introduce to fight Covid-19. “I think it is very bad,” …
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