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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Text size Photograph by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP via Getty Images The Modern biotechnology company, which has received commitments of nearly $ 1 billion from the federal government to develop its Covid-19 vaccine, seeks to sell the vaccine for between $ 25 and $ 30 per dose, the Financial Times …
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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 …
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