The world's top largest pharmaceutical firm is reported planning to release generic drugs in Japan as early as 2011, expecting demand to increase amid efforts to control drug prices.
NEW YORK----Pfizer Inc announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration̢۪s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 10 to 1 that the data presented support the safety and effectiveness of its 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate candidate vaccine, Prevnar 13̢㢠, for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in infants and young children.
Weak home building a drag on economic recovery WASHINGTON -- The budding economic recovery isn't getting much help from the home-building industry, which normally creates jobs and drives growth when a recession ends.
Federal health experts said Wednesday an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
Shares of Vivus Inc. gained ground Wednesday after the company said its erectile dysfunction drug candidate avanafil reached its key goal in a late-stage clinical study.
Scientists from a not-for-profit foundation will test 150,000 Pfizer Inc. drug candidates as part of a search for treatments for three tropical diseases that are spread by insects.
NEW YORK & GENEVA----Pfizer Inc and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative have signed an agreement that is designed to facilitate advancements in the battle against human African trypanosomiasis , visceral leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, which afflict vulnerable populations in the developing world.
NEW YORK----Pfizer Inc announced it has submitted pediatric data for Lipitor® to the European Medicines Agency . Pfizer has also developed a new chewable form of Lipitor, including a pediatric-appropriate 5 mg dose, which is part of this submission.
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
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