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Business Wars Daily

Drug Companies Get Good News on Vaccines

Business Wars Daily

Wondery

News, Daily News, Business News, Business

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today is Thursday, August 31, and we're looking at Pfizer vs. Novavax.

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Today, news about pharmaceutical giants taking their best shots.

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Yeah, we're talking about vaccines here. Last week, both Pfizer and Novavax made significant movement on two vaccines, and while they were for separate illnesses. They're significant nonetheless.

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First, last Monday, the FDA approved the first vaccine that protects

1:28.4

babies from RSV. That's the contagious respiratory virus that can cause severe illness and death in

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infants. A breeze vaux, which is made by Pfizer, is meant to be given to women late in their

1:39.7

pregnancies, and studies show that it provides protection for infants to their first six months of life.

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There were some setbacks for Pfizer during clinical trials during an advisory committee meeting.

1:50.1

Some experts raised concerns over the higher number of preterm births for women who receive the vaccine as compared to the control group, according to Reuters.

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