A federal advisory panel is set to vote on Tuesday on whether the FDA should authorize the company’s Covid shot.
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Can Viagra Extend Your Life?
Did you know that Viagra was originally developed as a cardiovascular drug and was implicated in ED by accident?
Did you know that other pharma companies missed out on ED as they were afraid of negative publicity?
Did you know that Viagra may extend …
CDC Raises Monkeypox Travel Alert To Level 2
With more than 1,000 monkeypox cases worldwide, the CDC has raised its travel alert to “practice enhanced precautions.”
AI-Powered Hong Kong Biotech Startup Raises $60 Million From Top VCs Including B Capital, Qiming
To date, Insilico Medicine has raised more than $360 million, including a Series C funding round of $255 million in June last year.
Melatonin Overdoses Among Kids Up 530% From 2012 To 2021
The biggest one-year jump was 37.9%, going from 2019 to 2020.
China’s Fosun Pharma Invests $158 Mln For 60% Stake In Singapore Cancer Treatment Centers
Purchase to help expansion in Southeast Asia
Pfizer To Spend $120 Million To Boost Paxlovid Production
The company announced on Monday it would create 250 new jobs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the White House also works to increase access to the drug.
Becton Dickinson To Buy Pharmacy Automation Firm Parata Systems For $1.5 Billion
Entering the fast-growing pharmacy automation space, Becton Dickinson (BD) will buy Parata Systems from Frazier Healthcare Partners for more than $1.5 billion in cash.
Passport And Visa Privileges In Global Health
The field of global health is extraordinarily unequal, with privileged people and institutions in the global North dominating all aspects of global health. One form of privilege, the passports and visas people in high-income countries carry, further wo…
Rabbitpox: the Story of a Specialized Killer
With poxviruses now back on the radar, we must consider the outstanding threat of possible human pathogens in much greater detail. It is critically important to understand not only how poxviruses jump from one species to another but also how they evolv…
