Tag: Pfizer

Top White House Adviser Worked for Pfizer Before Joining Administration: Disclosure

Senior White House adviser Anita Dunn counts pharmaceutical giant Pfizer as a former client, according to a recently released ethics disclosure. Dunn is a senior adviser to President Joe Biden and managing director of SKDKnickerbocker, a public affairs and political consulting firm that has forged connections with major political figures within the Democratic Party. She was the senior adviser to Biden’s…


Pfizer and Valneva Announce Clinical Trial of New Lyme Disease Vaccine

Pfizer Inc. and French biotech company Valneva SE are launching a phase 3 clinical study to test an experimental vaccine against Lyme disease, the companies announced on Aug. 8. Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States and is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected…


Researcher Admits to Fabricating Data in Paper, NIH Grant Applications

A primate researcher in Texas has acknowledged fabricating data in a paper and two grant applications, but will not lose his job. Deepak Kaushal, director of the Southwest National Primate Research Center at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed), falsified the numbers of treated and untreated primates in a study published in 2020, the U.S….


Flush With Cash, Pfizer Buys Global Blood Therapeutics in $5.4 Billion Deal

Pfizer Inc. is boosting its pipeline with a $5.4 billion deal for blood disorder drugmaker Global Blood Therapeutics, the latest in a series of acquisitions to combat a potential slowdown in COVID-19 products demand as cases fall. Pfizer said on Monday it will pay $68.50 per share, representing a premium of 7.3 percent to Global…


9-Year-Old Dies After Taking Pfizer Vaccine: VAERS

The most recent VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) data shows that a 9-year-old died in California two weeks after getting one dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech jab. The female child had no listed preexisting conditions and was not hospitalized. She experienced 2-3 days of “stomach ache, sore throat and chest pain; two weeks after receiving…


9-Year-Old Dies Two Weeks After Taking COVID-19 Vaccine: VAERS

The most recent VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) data shows that a 9-year-old died in California two weeks after getting one dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech jab. The female child had no listed preexisting conditions and was not hospitalized. She experienced 2-3 days of “stomach ache, sore throat and chest pain; two weeks after receiving…


Biden Still Positive for COVID-19 as He Deals With Pfizer Drug ‘Rebound’: Doctor

President Joe Biden again tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday due to a “rebound” of “positivity” sparked by the drug Paxlovid, according to his doctor in an update. Biden, 79, tested positive on Monday morning for the third day in a row, White House physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter (pdf) to press secretary…


Pfizer Board Member Predicts Monkeypox Will Become a ‘Public Health Failure’

Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that the United States lacks a federal infrastructure capable of dealing with public health emergencies such as monkeypox. “Now if monkeypox ‌gains a permanent foothold in the U‌nited States and becomes an endemic virus that joins our circulating repertoire of pathogens, it will be one of the worst public…


Scientists Question Pfizer’s Paxlovid Data After Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19 Again

President Joe Biden posted a video after he tested positive for COVID-19 again saying that he’s “feeling fine” as scientists have speculated that Paxlovid-associated rebound cases are more common than initially suspected. “Hey folks, Joe Biden here. Tested positive this morning. Going to be working from home for the next couple of days. And I’m…


Scientists Question Pfizer’s Paxlovid Data as Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19 Again

President Joe Biden posted a video after he tested positive for COVID-19 again saying that he’s “feeling fine,” as scientists speculate that rebound cases tied to the use of the antiviral drug Paxlovid are more common than initially suspected. “Hey, folks, Joe Biden here. Tested positive this morning. Going to be working from home for…