Tag: Pfizer

Two NY Federal Judges Consecutively Step Down From Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits Over Ownership of Pfizer Stock

An Obama-appointed federal judge in New York who owns between $50,000 and $100,000 worth of Pfizer stock has recused herself to avoid the possible appearance of bias or prejudice since she was overseeing a case of NYC teachers trying to get exemptions to the COVID vaccines. Recusal, in legal terms, means that a judge excuses him…


FDA: Pfizer COVID Vaccine Good for Young Children Despite More Severe Cases Among Vaccinated

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists on June 13 said Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine performed well in young children, despite more vaccinated participants in Pfizer’s clinical trial experiencing severe illness than unvaccinated ones. The data from the trial shows it is effective “in preventing COVID-19 in the age group of 6 months through 4 years,”…


Pfizer to Invest $120 Million in COVID-19 Pill as Officials Issue Alert

Pfizer announced Monday that it would spend $120 million to expand U.S. manufacturing of its oral COVID-19 antiviral pill at its Michigan facility. Use of Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill in treatment of newly infected cases has risen even as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned the pill can lead to a rebound…


Facts Matter (June 2): CDC Issues Warning on Pfizer’s Covid Pills, Alerts Issued For “Covid Rebound” and Positive Viral PCR Tests

The CDC recently issued a warning regarding Pfizer’s COVID-19 pills—the ones that were approved last year and sold under the name Paxlovid. People usually take those pills after they contract COVID-19 to lessen the symptoms and lower the chance of hospitalization. However, a new advisory from the CDC warns Americans that taking Paxlovid can actually…


Pfizer COVID-19 Pill Does Not Provide Significant Benefit in Patients Under 65: Study

Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill helps reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the elderly but provides no strong benefit for those under 65, according to a new study. Researchers in Israel gleaned data from Clalit Health Services, a health care organization that covers over half of the entire population in the country. They analyzed data from the…


Pfizer to Exit GSK’s Consumer Health Arm After Spin-Off

LONDON—Pfizer plans to exit its 32 percent stake in Haleon, a consumer health joint venture with British drugmaker GSK, after the business is spun off as an independent listed company in July, GSK said on Wednesday. Pfizer previously signalled it would seek to sell its shareholding in Haleon, the world’s largest consumer health business and…


Pfizer Providing Drugs, Vaccines at Not-for-Profit Price to Poorest Nations to Address Health Inequities

Pfizer Inc. announced on May 25 that it will provide all of its current and future patent-protected drugs and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis to 1.2 billion people in 45 lower-income countries. The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company said in a press release that the plan is part of “An Accord for a Healthier World,” launched with the aim…


Pfizer Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit From COVID-19 Vaccine Trial, Citing ‘Prototype’ Agreement

Pfizer has asked a U.S. court to throw out a lawsuit from a whistleblower who revealed problems at sites that tested Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Brook Jackson, the whistleblower, alleged in a suit that was unsealed in February that Pfizer and associated parties violated clinical trial regulations and federal laws, including the False Claims Act. In…


CDC Recommends Pfizer Booster for Children Aged 5 and Up

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday endorsed an advisory panel’s decision to expand the eligibility of Pfizer booster shots to children aged five to 11. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky made the call after a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted. She said children in this…


Capitol Report (May 17): Top US Officials Testify on UFOs; Inflation Higher Than Projected

In the first open hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years, what did top Pentagon officials say and not say to the American public? Plus, how does it relate to our national security? With true inflation likely much higher than the 8.3 percent number released by the government, how are the folks in California,…