A pricing standoff between Pfizer Inc. and the Australian government has left women with advanced breast cancer facing tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, underscoring a growing global trend in which access to life-extending drugs is increasingly being shaped by pricing negotiations rather than clinical merit.
Overall, results from the phase III Valor trial testing Lyme disease vaccine PF-07307405 “strengthen confidence” in the candidate, according to partners Pfizer Inc. and Valneva SE, with the big pharma now looking toward regulatory submissions. Investors, however, focused on the fact that the study, which demonstrated more than 70% efficacy in preventing Lyme disease in individuals, ages 5 and older, failed to hit the statistical criterion for the first prespecified analysis.
Twelve years on from the World Health Organization formally raising the alarm, antimicrobial resistance continues to grow, and despite numerous public and private incentives and initiatives, the pipeline of antibiotics in development is thinner than ever.
Pfizer Inc. has identified 4-{4-[(1-{[4-(propan-2-yl)phenyl]carbamoyl)-D-prolyl)amino]cyclohexyl}benzoic acid derivatives acting as gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) antagonists. As such, they are described as potentially useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Pfizer Inc. has discovered substituted pyridine compounds acting as sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter B(0)AT1 (SLC6A19) inhibitors and thus described as potentially useful for the treatment of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD; MASLD), phenylketonuria, metabolic syndrome, obesity, neurodevelopmental and autism-spectrum disorders, among others.
Nearly three months after winning a contentious bid to buy obesity drugmaker Metsera Inc. for $10 billion, Pfizer Inc. reported its first statistically significant top-line data of the acquired lead, ultra-long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, showing a mean placebo-adjusted weight loss of up to 12.3% at 28 weeks, as well as competitive tolerability.
In its fourth major biopharma deal since its 2019 founding, Repertoire Immune Medicines signed a partnership with Eli Lilly and Co. to develop tolerizing therapies for several autoimmune diseases, gaining an up-front payment of $85 million, with a potential $1.84 billion in development and commercial milestone payments coming later, along with tiered royalties.
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. and Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co. Ltd. were involved in separate divestment transactions this week, with Shionogi buying out Pfizer Inc.’s stake in Viiv Healthcare Ltd. to lift its holding to 21.7%.
In a lawsuit that’s been bouncing through the courts for years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia once again cleared the way for several biopharma and medical device companies to potentially be held liable, under the Anti-Terrorism Act, for terrorist attacks against hundreds of Americans in Iraq.
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. and Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co. Ltd. were involved in separate divestment transactions this week, with Shionogi buying out Pfizer Inc.’s stake in Viiv Healthcare Ltd. to lift its holding to 21.7%.
