In this articleDXCMModerna Covid-19 Vaccine mRNA 2024-2025 formula.Courtesy: ModernaA version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions.It's that time of the year again. A new round of Covid shots is on its way to Americans. The Food and Drug Administration last week approved updated mRNA-based vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna amid a relatively large summer surge of the virus ...

Its long-term growth plan just hit a small bump in the road.With Pfizer (PFE 0.42%) stock badly underperforming the market over the past three years, falling by 32% while the market rose by close to the same amount, the last thing shareholders want to hear is news of another setback. Alas, the latest stumble was a somewhat unexpected one, and now the company will probably not realize revenue from one of its programs.But is the stock still worth buying in hopes of a recovery over the long term? To answer tha ...

The FDA, on Aug 22, approved/authorized the updated mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines of Pfizer (PFE) /BioNTech (BNTX) and Moderna (MRNA) that target the KP.2 strain of the virus.While the agency approved Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax for use in individuals aged 12 years of age and older, it granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to low-dose formulations of these vaccines for use in individuals aged six months through 11 years.These approvals/authorizations are based on a combination of m ...

The updated COVID-19 vaccine is tailored to the KP.2 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron JN.1 lineage and is recommended for individuals 6 months of age and olderThe KP.2 adaptation is based on FDA guidance, which stated that KP.2 is the preferred strain for COVID-19 vaccines for the US 2024-2025 fall and winter season, if feasibleShipping will begin immediately to ensure robust supply and rapid access of this season’s vaccine in pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics across the country NEW YORK and MAINZ, GERMANY ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, putting the new shots on track to reach most Americans in the coming days amid a summer surge of the virus. The jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating widely in the U.S. earlier this year. KP.2 was the dominant Covid strain in May, but now only accounts for roughly 3% of all U.S. cases as of Saturday, according to the latest Cen ...

Last week, Pfizer (PFE) and partner BioNTech (BNTX) announced that a phase III study evaluating an mRNA-based combination vaccine candidate against influenza and COVID-19 missed one of its two primary immunogenicity objectives.The study’s two primary immunogenicity objectives were to demonstrate that the antibody responses elicited by the combination vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 strain and influenza A and B strain were non-inferior to standard of care (“SOC”).The combination vaccine demonstrated comparabl ...

Pfizer (PFE) and partner BioNTech (BNTX) announced that a phase III study evaluating an mRNA-based combination vaccine candidate against influenza and COVID-19 missed one of its two primary immunogenicity objectives. The vaccine combines Pfizer’s investigational mRNA-based influenza vaccine candidate with it and BioNTech’s popular marketed COVID-19 vaccine called Comirnaty. The study was conducted in more than 8000 healthy individuals aged 18-64.The study’s two primary immunogenicity objectives were to demo ...

A clinical-trial failure for Pfizer and BioNTech means Moderna is leading the race to develop a combo shot for the flu and COVID-19.Pfizer (PFE -1.43%) and BioNTech (BNTX -2.36%) recently fell behind in their race with Moderna (MRNA 0.25%) to develop new combination shots that could be worth billions in annual sales. Top-line results from an experimental vaccination to protect against influenza and COVID-19 weren't a complete disaster, but there isn't much room for error when it comes to vaccine development ...

The stock won't stay down forever.Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE -1.43%) has been in a bit of a freefall since early 2022, with shares down by 46%. Pfizer's revenue and earnings dropped off a cliff along with its coronavirus-related results as the pandemic started fading, which explains its poor performance over the past 18 months. However, there are clues that Pfizer is starting to make a comeback. That's an important takeaway from Pfizer's second-quarter results. Let's dig in. Revenue is finally moving ...

Investors were cautiously pessimistic about the latest news coming out of the company's lab.In the thick of the coronavirus pandemic several years ago, any positive news from a developer of COVID-19 vaccines or drugs would have been met with a surge of buying in its stock. We're not in 2021 anymore, though, and an encouraging development from Pfizer (PFE -1.43%) on a combination COVID/influenza jab was met with a collective shrug by the market. In fact, investors traded out of the stock to the point that it ...