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02/01/24Weight Loss Drugs Could Create the First $1 Trillion Pharma Companies + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
01/29/24Embattled Anthrax Vaccine Maker Lands New U.S. Government Contract
Emergent BioSolutions’ indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum value of $235.8 million. Some anthrax experts questioned the deal and the safety of the company’s two anthrax vaccines.
01/24/24How Big Pharma Sold Depression to the World
As the criteria for depression has been loosened and the medications have been aggressively marketed to more and more people, the use of antidepressants, and the stronger drugs they feed into, in a just few decades has gone from a tiny minority of the population to almost 1 in 4 Americans.
01/23/24128 Pregnant Women, 25 Tots Under Age 2 Given Wrong RSV Vaccines, CDC Says
The children were mistakenly administered either Pfizer’s Abrysvo or GSK’s Arexvy respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccines. Both are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for adults ages 60 and older — but not for children or babies.
01/23/24WHO Grants Emergency Listing for Corbevax COVID Vaccine + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
01/18/24WEF Leaders More Worried About ‘Misinformation’ Than War or Poverty
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, released in Davos this week, ranked “misinformation” and “disinformation” as the top threats facing the world, but critics accused the organization of supporting censorship to stamp out dissenting opinions and facts that threaten its technocratic vision.
01/18/24Bill Gates Reveals Plan to Change Vaccines + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
01/17/24‘Trustees of the Future’? WEF Members Meet in Davos to Warn of Looming ‘Disease X’ Disaster
World Economic Forum panelists today discussed future pandemic prevention measures, the need for a “pandemic agreement” and the future role of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
01/16/24Biotech and Pharma Companies Are Betting on Promising Class of Cancer Drugs to Drive Growth + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
01/11/24WHO Prequalifies Next-Generation Oral Polio Vaccine + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
01/11/24Two COVID Shots Raise Risk of Anaphylaxis, Heart Issues in Older Adolescents
A Norwegian study found a low but significant risk of serious side effects among adolescents a short time following a second COVID-19 vaccination. The tenfold higher risk for anaphylaxis was the most concerning outcome, but the researchers also found swollen lymph nodes and heart issues.
01/10/24Watch: ‘Mothers Have to Resist’: Scientist Warns Against RSV Shots for Newborns
French scientist and author Hélène Banoun, Ph.D., joined “The Defender In-Depth” this week to discuss what the data show about the safety signals associated with monoclonal antibodies administered to newborns for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
01/09/24Pfizer to Remain Aggressive on Obesity Market After Setback + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
01/04/24Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Linked With Language Delays, University of Illinois Study Finds + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
01/02/24French Researchers Identify ‘Improbably High Rate of Deaths’ in Newborns Who Received New RSV Shot
Independent French researchers discovered a significant increase in newborn deaths in France coinciding with the rollout of Beyfortus, a new respiratory syncytial virus shot for infants.
12/22/23Author of Study Used to Vilify Unvaxed Had Ties to Pfizer — New Peer-Reviewed Research Shows Why the Study Was Flawed
A new peer-reviewed study by researchers Joseph Hickey, Ph.D., and Denis Rancourt, Ph.D., re-examined the mathematical models used to justify policies that barred unvaccinated people from public venues. They found the models were based on the application of flawed mathematical risk models.
12/15/23Exclusive: Fired ICU Nurse Speaks Out on COVID Protocols, Vaccine Injuries
In exclusive interviews with CHD.TV and The Defender, California intensive care unit nurse Gail Macrae shared her story of pushing back against hospital COVID-19 protocols that she said violated medical ethics and resulted in increased harm to patients.
12/08/23White Lung Syndrome: Experts Float Theories on What It Is, What Causes It and Does It Even Exist?
Regardless of what’s behind recent outbreaks of white lung disease, some medical experts said they believe public health officials are downplaying environmental stressors and ignoring the immune-degrading effects of vaccination and poor diets that make people — and especially children — more vulnerable to infections of all kinds.
12/08/23U.S. Approves First Gene-Editing Treatment, Casgevy, for Sickle Cell Disease + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
12/08/23The Bombshell Revelation About Government’s Chilling Alliance to Censor Americans + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.
12/07/23‘Dangerous’: Global PR Giant Launches Provocative HPV Vaccine Ads Targeting Gen Zers
Publicis Groupe, a multinational public relations firm, last week launched a provocative advertising campaign — under the slogan “HPV Fucks Everybody” — designed to persuade Gen Zers to get the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine. Critics called the campaign “dangerous.”
11/30/23COVID Vaccine May Cause Long-Term Heart Damage, Even in People With No Symptoms
Japanese researchers said they found evidence of long-term heart damage in people who received COVID-19 vaccines — including in asymptomatic patients. The findings contradict claims by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that most people who develop myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccines experience symptoms but “feel better quickly.”
11/30/23UN Launches Gates-Funded Global Digital ID Program as Experts Warn of ‘Totalitarian Nightmare’
With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations this month launched its “50-in-5” campaign to promote and accelerate the development of a global digital public infrastructure. One critic called the campaign “a totalitarian nightmare” designed to “onboard” small countries with “digital ID, digital wallets, digital lawmaking, digital voting and more.”
11/29/23Can a Big Pharma Ever Be Worth $1 Trillion? + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
11/22/23A Cancer Vaccine? Scientists Are Working on It + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
11/17/23In the Lab: An Mpox mRNA Vaccine That’s Outperforming Its Old-School Predecessor + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
11/15/23House Moves to Limit So-Called Gain-of-Function Research + More
The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch provides a roundup of the latest headlines related to the SARS CoV-2 virus, including its origins and COVID vaccines. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.
11/14/23COVID Rebound Occurs in 1 in 5 People Taking Paxlovid + More
The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.
11/13/23A COVID Vaccine Reckoning Is Coming for the DOJ Over Federal Mandates + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.
11/13/23Childhood Vaccine Exemptions Hit Highest Level Yet: CDC + More
The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch provides a roundup of the latest headlines related to the SARS CoV-2 virus, including its origins and COVID vaccines. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.