Moderna Inc. Chief Financial Officer Jorge Gomez departed a day after taking charge, the vaccine maker said on May 11, following his former employer disclosing an internal probe related to financial reporting.
BioNTech’s first-quarter 2022 sales and earnings more than tripled due to demand for the COVID-19 vaccine the company developed with Pfizer, but the German biotech firm is still forecasting a full-year decline in vaccine sales.
Moderna Inc. on May 4 forecast higher vaccine sales for the second half of 2022 than in the first six months of the year, as the company expects the virus that causes COVID-19 to follow a more seasonal pattern requiring booster shots in the fall.
AbbVie got off to a strong start for 2022, driven by success from Skyrizi and Rinvoq, as well as the company’s neuroscience platform that includes the company’s depression treatments and its three-pronged approach to migraine.
AstraZeneca topped off a very busy week with the company’s first-quarter 2022 financial report, citing a total of $11.39 billion in revenue, a whopping increase of 60 percent. That performance was driven by the acquisition of Alexion and several contracts for Vaxzevria, AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine developed with the University of Oxford.
Sanofi reported a series of first-quarter 2022 wins, driven mostly by the success of consumer healthcare (CHC) and the company’s blockbuster Dupixent.
Merck makes waves in Q1 2022 with COVID-19 treatment, cancer portfolio
Breakthrough Therapy Designation, Business, COVID-19 Therapeutic, COVID-19 Therapeutics, COVID-19 Therapies, Earnings per share (EPS), Financials, Forecasts, Keytruda, Market Share, Merck, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Sales, TherapeuticsMerck announced the company’s Q1 2022 results, reporting year-over-year revenue growth of 50 percent from continuing operations, with worldwide sales increasing to $15.9 billion. As anticipated, Merck’s COVID-19 antiviral treatment Lagevrio (molnupiravir) played a role in the company’s robust sales.
Eli Lilly’s lucrative Q1 2022 driven by Trulicity and COVID-19 antibodies
Alzheimer’s disease, Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555), Bebtelovimab (LY-CoV1404; LY3853113), Business, COVID-19 Antibodies, Diabetes, Diabetes drugs, Earnings per share (EPS), Eli Lilly, Etesevimab (Lilly), Financials, Forecasts, Obesity, Obesity, Sales, Therapeutics, TrulicityEli Lilly had a lucrative first-quarter 2022, with revenue growth rising 15 percent driven by sales of the company’s diabetes drug Trulicity and its COVID-19 antibodies.
GSK’s strong Q1 driven by COVID-19, returning demand for shingles vaccine
Antibodies, Business, Business Intelligence, Consumer Health Care, Consumer Healthcare, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Earnings per share (EPS), Financials, GlaxoSmithKline, Guidance, Leadership, Operations, Presentations, Quarterly results, Sales, Sales, Sales & Marketing, Sales Guidance, Shingles, Strikes, Therapeutics, VaccinesGlaxoSmithKline exceeded expectations for the company’s first-quarter 2022 sales and earnings forecasts. This was largely driven by GSK’s sales of Xevudy, an antibody treatment against COVID-19 it developed with Vir Biotechnology, and the company’s Shingrix vaccine against shingles.
Roche sees slowdown in COVID-driven sales growth
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