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Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. is a New York-based, multinational giant in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Here’s a roundup of STAT coverage of the company and its well-known brand-name products, including Paxlovid, Prevnar, Elliquis, Ibrance, Xeljanz, Enbrel and Zithromax/Zmax, among others. Its cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor has been called the highest selling drug of all time.

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Biotech Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: Drug development was once a marathon. New tools and timelines are turning it into a sprint

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: J&J sues former employee for allegedly taking thousands of documents to a new job at Pfizer

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Here are the cancer drugs Pfizer thinks could reignite investors’ interest

Pharma Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Pfizer is about to make a big push in cancer. Will investors listen?

Pharma Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: Was Pfizer’s ‘Here’s to Science’ commercial during the Super Bowl a winning play or a fumble?

Business Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: A PBM in Africa flips the industry’s script in a bid to make people healthier

Pharma Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: More patients are getting their meds online. Big Pharma wants in on the action

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Another major pharma company departs BIO

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The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Allison DeAngelis, and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: FTC v. biotech, Pfizer’s kitchen sink, & Vertex’s future

Health Helen Branswell

Pfizer RSV vaccine wins CDC recommendation for seasonal use only

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Health Helen Branswell

FDA approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine designed to protect newborns by immunizing parent

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: South Africa ordered to disclose contracts with Pfizer, J&J, and other Covid-19 vaccine suppliers

Health Jason Mast

CDC recommends RSV monoclonal antibody for infants, high-risk young children

Health Deborah Balthazar

Researchers seek answers to racial disparities for prostate and breast cancer among people of African ancestry

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: AstraZeneca buys early-stage gene therapies from Pfizer in boon for struggling field

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pfizer says most tornado damage at key plant hit warehouse, but finished drugs also impacted

Health Andrew Joseph

Europe recommends the approval of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults and in pregnancy

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Damages from tornado at Pfizer plant could compound challenges of drug shortages

Biotech Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: Flagship, Pfizer team up in deal worth up to $7 billion

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: HHS leader to vaccine makers: Set ‘reasonable’ prices for your next round of Covid-19 vaccines

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: SEC charges former Pfizer statistician with insider trading over Paxlovid clinical trial results

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: In setback, Pfizer abandons one weight loss pill and bets on another

Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: ImmunoGen drug prolongs survival of women with advanced ovarian cancer

Health Helen Branswell

FDA approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pfizer touts study data for hemophilia drug; former Novartis execs cleared of bribery in Greece

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pfizer and Novo disclose upbeat data on oral weight loss drugs; PBM trade group blasts House committee over hearing

First Opinion Arthur L. Caplan

STAT Plus: How I helped Pfizer think through the ethics of Viagra 25 years ago

Health Helen Branswell

FDA advisory panel backs Pfizer’s RSV vaccine, but expresses some safety concerns

Health Helen Branswell

Pfizer RSV vaccine seen as effective against severe disease, FDA documents say