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Chairman / President
Albert Bourla
CEO / Managing Director
Albert Bourla
CFO / Finance Director
Dave Denton
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
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Headquarters address
235 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, United States
Stock Code
NYSE:PFE
Year founded
1849
last updated:
30 September, 2024
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About 52 per cent of Hong Kong respondents said they were willing to get the updated vaccine, compared with 58 per cent in Singapore.

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Hong Kong receives first batch of Covid XBB variant vaccines

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Hong Kong’s private healthcare sector expected to offer RSV vaccine in December

British pharmaceutical company GSK beats Pfizer in race to offer vaccine that can protect elderly against common respiratory infection.

RSV can cause infections in the airways, lungs and middle ear, with young children and the elderly more likely to develop serious conditions. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Coronavirus: US FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines

The FDA decision opens the newest vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most Americans even if they have never had a Covid vaccination.

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She died 4 days after a Covid booster jab. Singapore paid her family US$169,000

Filipino Ontal Charlene Vargas died of myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart. A coroner ruled it was likely related to the vaccine she had received.

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China gives green light to 2 home-grown Covid-19 antiviral treatments

The approval comes during reprieve from tsunami of infections but another wave could be on the way after Lunar New Year migration.

The Covid-19 medication VV116 is one of two Chinese oral pill treatments approved for use in China on Sunday. Photo: Handout
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Chinese drug matches Paxlovid in treating less severe Covid symptoms

Patients who took the Chinese pill, known as VV116, recovered after a median time of 4 days and it had fewer adverse effects compared with the Pfizer drug.

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WHO pleased to see China ease strict zero-Covid policies

It’s important that governments listen ‘when the people are in pain,’ a top official said in wake of protests in the country over coronavirus restrictions.

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What’s next for pandemic winner Pfizer and its US$28 billion war chest?

Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine saw the pharmaceutical company become the world’s most visible drug maker, but with its stock falling in 2022, success has left investors impatient for an encore.

Close up at the vial with the inscription Comirnaty, mRNA etc, the needle and syringe while a female GGD healthcare worker prepares the Pfizer - BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines drawing them from the vial glass bottle to the syringes in the special area at the mega vaccination center in Eindhoven. The jabs are administered as a booster shot. The third-dose booster is available for all in the Netherlands in addition to the lockdown as the nation battles outbreaks of the new omicron variant coronavirus mutation of the pandemic. Eindhoven, The Netherlands on January 7, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) CREDIT: Getty Images
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Antiviral drugs cut risk of death in Covid-19 patients, Hong Kong study shows

Large-scale study shows positive effects of two drugs given early to patients still in the community.

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The early use of antiviral drugs to treat Omicron patients reduces the risk of fatal symptoms, a Hong Kong study has shown. Photo: AFP
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Explainer | Are the new Omicron-focused boosters safe and effective?

FDA has authorised emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna boosters that target BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron.

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German government prepares roll-out of adapted Covid-19 vaccine

The vaccine is adapted to the BA.1 variant and Germany will receive about 14 million doses of the vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, subject to EU approval.

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Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging they copied Covid-19 vaccine tech

Moderna has filed a lawsuit against the two pharmaceutical firms and said it was seeking damages for activities occurring after March 8 this year.

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A medical worker holds a vial of the Moderna vaccine. File photo: dpa
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Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19, has ‘very mild symptoms’

The 79-year-old president is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and had begun taking Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill Paxlovid – he will continue carrying out his full duties while isolating at the White House.

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US President Joe Biden has tested positive for coronavirus. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Chinese mRNA booster fights Omicron 4 times better than Sinovac: study

AWcorna vaccine produced 4.4 times more Omicron antibodies than for those boosted with Sinovac, scientists behind clinical trial write in Cell Research journal.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Pfizer offers to sell medicines at cost to poorest countries

The US pharmaceutical giant currently holds patents for 23 drugs, including Comirnaty and Paxlovid, its Covid vaccine and oral treatment; this commitment will increase access to nearly 1.2 billion people, Pfizer chief said.

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Experts worry over ‘booster fatigue’ amid hunt for new vaccine improvements

Despite success in preventing serious illness and death, there’s growing pressure to develop vaccines better at fending off milder infections on top of aggressive variants.

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A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 booster shot in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Photo: Bloomberg
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Taiwan says Covid-19 child vaccine talks held up over Chinese sales rights

Taiwan sales rights for the child version of the vaccine belong not to producer Pfizer but to BioNTech and its Chinese sales agent, Fosun Pharma.

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China approves trials of home-grown mRNA vaccines as cases surge

The approvals add CanSino and CSPC to the race among Chinese companies to use mRNA to fight the coronavirus, offering viable alternatives to the vaccines already in production by Pfizer and Moderna.

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16,000 Hong Kong patients receive new oral anti-Covid drugs

Hospital Authority has bought antiviral drugs molnupiravir, made by US firm MSD, and Pfizer’s Paxlovid, with both having been administered to patients for two weeks.

Paxlovid and Molnupiravir are being used to treat Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Fosun Group

Fosun sees profit rise, set to make generic Pfizer, Merck Covid-19 pills

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group is looking into which of its existing plants can be used to manufacture generic versions of Pfizer’s nirmatrelvir, which is sold under the Paxlovid brand name, and Merck’s molnupiravir.

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A laboratory manufacturing Pfizer’s Paxlovid in Freiburg, Germany. Fosun Pharma is also eligible to produce and supply the raw ingredients for the drug, which is called nirmatrelvir. Photo: AFP
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Coronavirus: nearly 10,000 Hongkongers treated with oral antivirals

Hospital Authority Chief Manager Dr Lau Ka-hin says public health facilities have administered MSD’s molnupiravir to 8,500 patients so far.

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Five Chinese companies approved to make cheaper version of Pfizer’s Covid-19 oral drug

The five Chinese drug makers were among 35 firms to sign non-exclusive sublicensing agreements with the United Nations-backed MPP.

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India

Why are so many affluent Indian expats suddenly heading to Dubai?

Pfizer Covid shots, sparkling clean streets and tax-free policies are among the draws. And for investors with US$2.7 million to spare, there are ‘Golden Visas’, too.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in front of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Photo: Instagram
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Japan’s Covid-19 vaccine found ‘safe and effective’

Drug maker Shionogi is seeking regulatory approval as Japan currently relies on shots from Pfizer and Moderna; Covid-19 has already infected 5 million people in the country and killed more than 24,000.

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A healthcare worker in Japan administers a dose of Moderna; the country could soon have it’s own version of the booster. Photo: Bloomberg
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BioNTech plans modular coronavirus vaccine factories in Africa

The German firm, which developed its Covid-19 shot with Pfizer, hopes to the move will make the jabs more widely available on the continent.

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Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill Paxlovid approved for emergency use in China

Oral pill to be given to adults with mild to moderate Covid-19 and high risk of progression to severe disease.

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