Recent Pfizer Press Releases
New Data Add to Evidence Supporting PRISTIQ as a Treatment Option for MDD
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that a Phase 4 study evaluating the efficacy of PRISTIQ® (desvenlafaxine) Extended Release Tablets met its primary endpoint. The study supports the efficacy of 50 mg/day and 100 mg/day doses of PRISTIQ compared with placebo over eight weeks of treatment in adult patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) as measured by the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D17) total score.1
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New Positive Top-line Results in Adult Smokers Re-treated With CHANTIX
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that a post-marketing study assessing the efficacy and safety of varenicline (CHANTIX®/CHAMPIX®) in a population of smokers who had made a previous attempt to quit smoking with CHANTIX, and either did not succeed in quitting or relapsed after treatment, met its primary endpoint. CHANTIX significantly increased continuous abstinence rates compared to placebo at weeks nine to 12, the last four weeks
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Pfizer Celebrates 10th Anniversary of this Signature Social Investment Program
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Global Health Fellows Program (GHF) as part of its corporate social investment strategy that focuses on leveraging the full range of the company's resources -- people, medicines, expertise and funding -- to broaden access to medicines and strengthen health care delivery for underserved people around the world. GHF is Pfizer's signature corporate volunteer program that pairs
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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion regarding the conditional marketing authorization of bosutinib in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of adult patients with chronic phase (CP), accelerated phase (AP), and blast phase (BP) Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (Ph+ CML) previously treated
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The First Once-Daily, Extended-Release Liquid Medication for the Treatment of ADHD is Now Available in Pharmacies
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that Quillivant XR™ (methylphenidate hydrochloride) CII for extended-release oral suspension is now available in the U.S. for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Quillivant XR is the first once-daily, extended-release liquid methylphenidate for ADHD and is now available by prescription. "In order to effectively treat patients with chronic conditions such as
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Prevenar 13 is the First and Only Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Approved for This Age Group
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the European Commission has approved expanding the use of the company's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar 13* (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed]), to older children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years for active immunization for the prevention of invasive disease, pneumonia and acute otitis media caused by vaccine-type Streptococcus pneumoniae. Children in this
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The majority of patients found Rebif Rebidose easy to use in a user trial
EMD Serono, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Rebif® Rebidose® (interferon beta-1a), a single-use auto-injector for the self-administration of Rebif, a disease-modifying drug used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130103/SF36310LOGO) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121220/SF32295LOGO-b) (Logo: http://photos
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ELIQUIS Demonstrated Superior Risk Reductions Versus Warfarin in Three Key Outcomes—Stroke and Systemic Embolism, Major Bleeding and All-Cause Mortality—for Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
ELIQUIS Demonstrated Superior Risk Reductions Versus Warfarin in Three Key Outcomes—Stroke and Systemic Embolism, Major Bleeding and All-Cause Mortality—for Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
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