Vaccine Financial News

By Andrew Chung

dengue prevention pill. The trial, presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Meeting in Chicago, demonstrated that an antiviral pill known as JNJ-1802, developed by Johnson & Johnson, exhibited protective properties against dengue. This experimental pill was administered to healthy volunteers over a 26-day period, with another group receiving a placebo. On day five, all participants were subjected to an injection containing a type of dengue virus—a method referred to as a challenge trial.

By Ludwig Burger

ASX-listed biotech Microba Life Sciences pressed play on a $20 million equity raise on Thursday morning to fund the acquisition of a UK microbiome company.

Investing.com — The Dow closed higher Monday, as investors ramped up bullish bets on big tech, shrugging off an ongoing climb in Treasury yields as attention shifts to a step up in pace of quarterly earnings expected this week.   

Investing.com — The S&P 500 rallied Monday, as big tech shrugged off an ongoing climb in yields as investors looked ahead to ongoing quarterly earnings.  

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Shares of Pfizer are falling before the opening bell as the company cut its full-year outlook, citing declining sales of its COVID-19-related products

By Ludwig Burger

European shares climbed on Monday, with miners in the lead on optimism around demand from top consumer China, although trading was cautious as investors weighed prospects of an escalation in the Middle East conflict. The STOXX 600 was up 0.4% by 0707 GMT. The mining index rose 1.3% as prices of base metals were lifted by hopes of stronger demand from China after data last week signalled some signs of stabilisation in the world's second-largest economy. Also boosting the index was a nearly 4% gain in shares of SSAB after JP Morgan upgraded the Swedish steel company to «overweight» from «neutral». Global risk sentiment was still on shaky grounds over concerns that the Israel-Hamas conflict would spill over to the broader region, gaining steam after Iran warned Israel of escalation. Among other single stocks, Frankfurt-listed shares of BioNTech fell nearly 5% after partner Pfizer on Friday slashed its full-year revenue forecast on lower sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment.

(Reuters) -Pfizer on Friday slashed its full-year revenue forecast by around 13% and launched a $3.5 billion cost cutting program due to lower-than-expected sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment.

(Reuters) — Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) on Thursday forecast a lower-than-estimated profit for financial year 2024 due to a sharp drop in sales of COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments.

Walgreens has named a new CEO as pharmacy staff walked off the job this week over concerns that working conditions are putting employees and patients at risk

Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, has reclaimed the top spot as the richest Indian after a year, as per the '360 One Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023'. Ambani was ranked at the top with a wealth of ₹8,08,800 crore with 2% appreciation over the previous year. Industrialist Gautam Adani, despite a 57% erosion in wealth, was ranked second in the list with a wealth of ₹4,74,800 crore.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination came to an end on Monday. The scion of the first family of Democratic politics launched an independent bid in Philadelphia instead. He said that he wants to heal the political divide. Kennedy compared Republicans and Democrats to teenagers fighting over the steering wheel of an out-of-control car, while both follow a GPS route programmed by lobbyists, according to reports.

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) — American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for «having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes», the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.

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Customers may need a dose of patience at U.S. pharmacy counters as those businesses start their busiest season

stray dogs by feeding them is important, it should not lead to chaos and endanger the public. Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit, presiding over a public interest litigation (PIL) regarding the alleged delay in implementing the Animal Welfare Board's guidelines by the state government, stated that citizens who feed dogs have a duty to ensure that their actions do not cause inconvenience or health risks to others. The High Court expressed its concern over the government's delay in responding to the PIL and directed them to rectify their behavior within three weeks by filing objections.

Narendra Modi raked up the “red diary” issue in Rajasthan on Thursday when he said the “black deeds of corruption” of the Congress government in the state are registered in it and BJP should be voted to power to unravel the truth and punish the guilty. He reiterated his stand on bringing to book the paper-leak mafia as well in the poll-bound state. Modi inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of several projects worth Rs 5,000 Cr in the state during a visit to Jodhpur.