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Pfizer Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Pharmaceutical company

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First Lyme disease vaccine in two decades edges toward approval after Phase 3 trial

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Awaiting the EMA's review outcome; has not yet confirmed submitting its FDA Biologics License Application, previously targeted for 2026

The vaccine, now formally designated PF-07307405 (also called LB6V, and previously known as VLA15), cleared its first regulatory hurdle since March's Phase 3 results. On August 14, 2026, the European Medicines Agency validated Pfizer and Valneva's marketing application, meaning the dossier is complete and formal review can begin.

Updated Aug 15

Pfizer's oral drug restores skin pigment in vitiligo trials

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Developer of oral ritlecitinib for vitiligo

For most of medical history, vitiligo had no fix. Doctors could sometimes slow the spreading white patches, but regrowing lost skin color was mostly out of reach.

Updated Aug 5

Talazoparib trial moves a targeted prostate cancer drug to an earlier stage

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Maker of both drugs; sponsor of the FDA application

About one in four men with advanced prostate cancer carry inherited flaws in the genes that repair damaged DNA. A large trial now shows that giving those men a targeted pill alongside standard hormone therapy delays the cancer's spread by a wide margin.

Updated Jul 30

Oral drug to prevent COVID-19 after exposure reaches US market

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Competitor whose Paxlovid failed as a prevention drug

For years, the only move after a close COVID-19 exposure was to wait and watch for symptoms. Now there is a pill for that.

Updated Jul 29

FDA approves first protein-destroying PROTAC drug for advanced breast cancer

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Co-developer; seeking third-party commercialization partner

For 25 years, drug companies have tried to design medicines that destroy harmful proteins outright rather than blocking them. On May 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first one.

Updated May 31

The quiet war on blindness

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Donating antibiotics through 2030

For the first time since records began, fewer than 100 million people need treatment for trachomaโ€”a bacterial eye disease that's been blinding humans since ancient Egyptian times. The number at risk has cratered 94% since 2002, from 1.5 billion to 97 million. Twenty-seven countries have eliminated it entirely, making trachoma one of the success stories celebrated at World NTD Day 2026 on January 30.

Updated May 20