Covid-19 vaccines are poised to become big business. Its potential to generate staggering revenue has already added billions of dollars to the market value of drug makers like Pfizer and Moderna. . That promise is also drawing scrutiny in Washington. Rising prescription drug costs are one of the few problems …
Read More »Manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines could be heroes. But not if the price is too high
Covid-19 vaccines are poised to become big business. Its potential to generate staggering revenue has already added billions of dollars to the market value of drug makers like Pfizer and Moderna.. That promise is also drawing scrutiny in Washington. Rising prescription drug costs are one of the few problems where …
Read More »Moderna lost a patent case and stock is slipping
Text size Maddie Meyer / Getty Images Moderna on Thursday lost a patent case that had been almost entirely overlooked as the stock increased due to excitement over the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, which will be tested in a large Phase 3 trial to begin. next week. What the decision issued …
Read More »San Diego to Participate in Moderna’s Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
From San Diego to St. Louis and Savannah, researchers are preparing to test the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for 30,000 people, which will begin Monday. Many hope that a safe and effective vaccine will control the spread of the worst pandemic in a century and bring life back to a normal …
Read More »A mutated Neanderthal gene could make some people more sensitive to pain
Scattered throughout the genomes of humans around the world, we can find remains of Neanderthal descent. In some, this grants disease resistance, or even a unique head shape. A few have apparently inherited the sensitive side of Neanderthals. Evolutionary geneticists have closely examined a genetic variation in the DNA of …
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