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Pharma’s vaccine pushback “too late”?

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IN SHORT: It may be too late for pharma to persuade the public that any COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective as the FDA continues to be a political baseball in play. It’s now being reported that up to one-third of people may not get a COVID-19 vaccination when one become available. Now comes the power of social media.

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The real motivation for COVID vaccine development

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SUMMARY : Big pharma is a big business, and nothing motivates big companies more than the potential to earn a lot of money on new products. Pfizer, alone, is estimated to earn about $15 billion for their vaccine, and they had absolutely nothing to do with Operation Warp Speed. There’s a lot of money in COVID vaccines.

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World’s Top 10 Pharma Companies (By 2023 Revenue)

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The top ten pharma companies in 2023 by revenue accounted for about 35 percent of the market value, with total earnings of $559.5 The top big pharma players have remained relatively consistent in their market positions over the past several years. Here is a look at the top ten pharma companies in 2024 based on 2023 revenue.

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Cyberattack targets EMA, hacks COVID-19 vaccine data

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it suffered a cyberattack, with documents relating to a Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine accessed. Shortly after however BioNTech confirmed that documents submitted as part of its marketing application for coronavirus vaccine BNT-162b had been accessed by the hackers.

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Moderna unveils $500m plan for African vaccine facility

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Moderna has said it plans to invest $500 million in a new facility for manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Africa, and has kicked off a search to find a suitable country and location. of Africans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and just 15 African nations have met the agency’s objective of 10% coverage.

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Report suggests UK’s national vaccine facility is on the block

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The UK’s Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) – unveiled with fanfare by the government in 2018 – is rumoured to be up for sale. It was billed at the time as a key tool to accelerate the development of new and innovative vaccines to combat some of the world’s most prevalent diseases, from discovery to licensed product.

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Hungary steps out of line with EU to order Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

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Hungary is to order a consignment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, as the country struggles to contain the infection rate. According to press reports , the decision puts Hungary on “collision course” with the EU, which has not approved the vaccine or plans to review it either. The country has had more than 1.8