The health care companies leading 2021’s Fortune 500 list

We’ll likely have a 3rd COVID vaccine soon; J&J vaccine clears last hurdle

Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2019 in Irvine, California. (credit: Getty | Mario Tama) After a day-long meeting Friday, an advisory panel for the US Food and Drug Administration voted 22 to 0 to recommend issuing an Emergency Use Authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot, refrigerator-stable COVID-19 […]

Pfizer’s COVID vaccine includes a cold complication. But that will change

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, also declared before this month, includes a significant complication which may delay its own supply in rural regions and developing nations: It has to be kept in the ultra-cold temperatures of -70°C. That usually means that the vaccine has to be held in technical freezers that cost up to $20,000 per […]

Pfizer and Moderna expect seasonal booster shots after omicron wave

Enlarge / EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – 2022/01/08: A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination centre. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) As the US weathers record COVID-19 cases from the ultra-transmissible omicron variant, vaccine makers are thinking about future waves—and the shots that could help prevent them. Leading mRNA vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech […]