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Russian, Chinese hackers may have stolen European vaccine data

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State-backed hackers' attempts to steal COVID-19 vaccine data might be farther-reaching than you think. According to Reuters, sources for Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant claim (subscription required) that Russia and China both launched cyberattacks...

How the world went from no COVID vaccines to two in under a year

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First identified in 1545, smallpox ravaged humanity for centuries, spreading rapidly from India through Europe and into the New World. Smallpox is estimated to have killed 300–500 million people in the 20th century alone. But thanks to an unprecedent...

AstraZeneca spurns Pfizer’s Massive Offer

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AstraZeneca deftly turned away an offer that many others probably wouldn’t have been able to resist. The $117 billion being given for a merger of the two companies by Pfizer was rejected. The...

Pfizer Starts Testing For Over-The-Counter Lipitor

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Looking backward to improve its future, Pfizer will once again try to gain FDA approval to market its blockbuster drug, atorvastatin (Lipitor), over-the-counter (OTC). Peter Loftus reports in...

Pfizer’s Expiring Viagra Patent Adversely Affects Other Drugmakers Too

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By David J. Phillips Looking ahead, the sex business isn’t expected to be as profitable as it once was for Pfizer Eli Lilly (LLY) and Bayer AG, manufacturers of Viagra, Cialis and Levitra,...