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PFIZER INC.

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🇺🇸United States
Ownership
Public
Established
1849-01-01
Employees
88K
Market Cap
$163.3B
Website
http://www.pfizer.com

House Republicans Subpoena Former Pfizer Executive Over Alleged COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Delays

House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed former Pfizer executive Dr. Philip Dormitzer over allegations that senior Pfizer executives deliberately slowed COVID-19 vaccine clinical testing before the 2020 election.

Pfizer Terminates Phase II CD47 Trial in Blood Cancer Due to Recruitment Challenges

Pfizer has terminated a Phase II trial of maplirpacept in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after enrolling only six patients since August 2023 due to recruitment difficulties.

Avacta Strengthens Leadership Team with Appointment of Chief Medical Officer and Business Development Advisor

Avacta Group plc has appointed David Liebowitz, M.D., Ph.D. as Chief Medical Officer to lead clinical strategy and execution for its targeted cancer therapy pipeline.

AbbVie Acquires In Vivo CAR-T Developer Capstan Therapeutics for Up to $2.1 Billion

AbbVie has agreed to acquire cell therapy developer Capstan Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $2.1 billion in cash, gaining access to innovative in vivo CAR-T technology.

Lantheus Partners with Pfizer and Lumina in FIBRE Consortium to Transform Fibrotic Disease Clinical Trials

Lantheus Holdings announced its participation in the FIBRE Consortium alongside Pfizer and Lumina Pharmaceuticals to revolutionize fibrotic disease treatment through advanced imaging biomarkers.

CDC's Reconstituted Vaccine Advisory Panel Votes to Eliminate Thimerosal from All Flu Vaccines

The newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 5-1 to recommend thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all age groups, despite the preservative being present in only 6% of U.S. flu vaccines.

Liminatus Pharma Advances Second-Generation CD47 Inhibitor IBA101 Toward 2027 Clinical Trials

Liminatus Pharma's IBA101, a second-generation CD47 inhibitor, demonstrated strong safety profile in primate studies with no observed anemia or thrombocytopenia at doses up to 100 mg/kg/week.

BRACELET-1 Trial Shows Promise for Oncolytic Virus Pelareorep in HR+ Breast Cancer

The BRACELET-1 trial demonstrated that pelareorep combined with paclitaxel achieved a 31% objective response rate and 12.1-month median progression-free survival in HR+ HER2- metastatic breast cancer patients.

Perceptive Discovery and Pfizer Launch FIBRE Consortium to Advance Fibrosis Drug Development Through Advanced Imaging

Perceptive Discovery announced the launch of the FIBRE Consortium, a pre-competitive collaboration with Pfizer, Lantheus, and Lumina Pharmaceuticals to revolutionize multi-organ fibrotic disease treatment through advanced imaging biomarkers.

Avalo Therapeutics Appoints Rita Jain to Board as AVTX-009 Phase 2 Trial for Hidradenitis Suppurativa Progresses

Avalo Therapeutics has appointed Rita Jain, M.D., a rheumatologist with over two decades of biopharmaceutical leadership experience, to its Board of Directors.

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