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2022 Franklin Institute Awards Announced: Covid Vaccine CEOs Honored For Business Leadership

The CEOs of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson were honored with the Bower Award for their work in developing vaccines to combat the pandemic.

Rally Health Founder’s New Startup Is Focused On Artificial Intelligence

Grant Verstandig’s newest company, ZephyrAI, aims to use AI for better drug discovery and personalized health.

InnovationRx: Overdose Death High; Plus $100M For Doctor Data

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Pfizer Is Submitting Its Covid Antiviral To The FDA For Emergency Authorization

If authorized, the pill would be the first of its kind to treat Covid.

Pfizer Signs Deal To Share Its Covid Antiviral Pill With Low Income Nations

The pharmaceutical giant and its development partner Ridgeback Therapeutics signed a licensing deal that will boost access to their new drug.

Pfizer Says Its Covid Pill Reduced Risk Of Hospitalization And Death By 89% In Clinical Study

The pharmaceutical giant will submit the data to the FDA to continue its application for emergency use authorization.

InnovationRx: Shatner’s Trek And A Startup Stopping Nurse Shortages

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InnovationRx: Nobel Prizes, A Malaria Vaccine And Covid’s Batty Relatives

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2021 Lasker Awards Honor Neuroscience Researchers, A Biomedical Legend And mRNA Vaccine Pioneers

This year’s awards, sometimes nicknamed “America’s Nobels” honors the researchers who developed the foundation for Covid-19 vaccines and other medical innovators.

2022 Breakthrough Prizes Announced: mRNA Vaccine Pioneers Awarded $3 Million

Drew Weissman and Katalin Kariko, whose work was fundamental in developing the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines, were among the winners of the annual awards given to noteworthy scientists.