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Big Pharma and the Covid Vaccines

NY Times

Readers discuss an Op-Ed that argued that pharmaceutical companies don’t deserve the public relations lift from the rapid vaccine development.

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India Approves Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine and 1 Other

NY Times

The approvals, which include a shot developed by Bharat Biotech, an Indian pharmaceutical company, begin a vast campaign to inoculate the hard-hit nation’s 1.3 billion people.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: WHO pandemic accord may force pharma to disclose prices; FDA OKs first therapy to delay type 1 diabetes

STAT

Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals for products they make to fight future global health emergencies, under new rules that would govern a World Health Organization-backed pandemic accord , Reuters reports.  A As of 2019, about 1.9 Or you may want to take stock of your life.

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Governments and pharma relationships and implications for antimicrobial resistance

Pharmaceutical Technology

Since 2020, government agencies have provided funding for expensive late-stage vaccine development and the expansion of manufacturing capacity, as well as other key pharmaceutical activities. The shift from private to public funding enabled more rapid development of Covid-19 drugs and vaccines.

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Antony Blinken Says ‘We Have Fallen Short’ on Global Vaccine Distribution

NY Times

The Secretary of State called for rich countries, pharmaceutical companies and others to “step up.”.

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Pfizer: Pharma needs a business strategy for a digital world

pharmaphorum

Its chief digital and technology officer Lidia Fonseca offered a fascinating insight into how one biggest pharmaceutical companies – and one of those most closely associated with the pandemic (alongside the likes of BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca) – has been transforming itself. Digital fluency and change.

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Nine for 2023, part three: thriving or surviving?

pharmaphorum

In this final instalment of IQVIA EMEA Thought Leadership’s Nine for 2023 three-part series, focusing on issues that will change the direction of healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry this year, three key competitive issues for pharmaceutical companies in 2023 are assessed.