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Pfizer on Tuesday unveiled top-line data from its Phase III MONeT trial, showing that its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine Abrysvo could induce immune protection in adults 18 to 59 years of age.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Wednesday recommended that specific groups of high-risk patients be given access to Valneva’s chikungunya virus vaccine Ixchiq, the company announced today.

The company said in a press release that the vaccine’s efficacy against RSV-associated lower respiratory tract disease with three or more symptoms was 77.8% through season two, compared with efficacy of 88.9% after the first RSV season, which led to the shot’s U.S. approval.

The Japanese drugmaker plans to scale up the production of its dengue vaccine Qdenga through a partnership with Indian vaccine maker Biological E.

The profit was helped by cost cutting and some deferred payments, and the vaccine maker set out a commercial roadmap for its experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) shot.

The company beat market estimates for fourth-quarter results today, and unveiled an upbeat forecast for 2024 and beyond on the ramp-up of its vaccines and cancer drugs pipeline, underscoring the benefits of its consumer health unit spin-off.

White House officials on Tuesday met with representatives of Sanofi, AstraZeneca, and Thermo Fisher “and urged them to work expeditiously to meet demand for immunizations this winter season through the commercial market,” the White House said in a statement.

The company touts Penbraya as the first and only pentavalent vaccine that provides coverage against the most common serogroups causing meningococcal disease in adolescents and young adults 10 through 25 years of age.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer’s (PFE.N) respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in women during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their babies.

The biotech will supply Canada with fewer doses of its coronavirus vaccine while reaching a financial agreement for the forfeiting of certain doses previously scheduled for delivery.