Science & Innovation
Quantitative systems pharmacology gets medicine to patients quicker, improves how well they work, and minimizes patient risk—especially for new treatments.
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Founded in 2012, the Butterfly Club pairs Pfizer colleagues with similar cancer and life experiences to support one another. Here are some of their stories.
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The Butterfly Club, co-founded by cancer survivors, pairs Pfizer colleagues who have cancer and caregivers with mentors who've had similar experiences.
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Since 2014, Pfizer has used artificial intelligence to help sort through and categorize reports that people file when they experience an “adverse event.”
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The concept of "severe COVID-19" can be a frightening one. The term itself is so often misunderstood or confused with having severe symptoms of COVID.
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Pfizer and over 40 U.S. nonprofit partners are working toward health equity by closing gaps in healthcare that impact historically overlooked communities.
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The Importance of Returning Clinical Trial Data to Participants
Clinical trial participants are at the heart of medical research, and it’s with their help that Pfizer is able to bring life-changing treatments to patients. But, until recently, clinical trial sponsors like Pfizer have not been equipped to provide participants with their own personal clinical trial data when a trial ends. Pfizer’s team of clinical trial experts have worked for many years to change that by launching the Clinical Trial Participant Data Return Initiative. This first-of-its....
- Programs & Initiatives

From Math to Medicine: What Are Mathematical Models and How Do They Predict Pharmacology?
It sounds strange, but predicting how medications impact diseases and the body is a lot like forecasting the weather. To understand why, imagine opening a weather app on your smartphone to check the forecast for the upcoming weekend. You see that it’ll be sunny, 72 degrees, with a slight breeze—perfect weather. But how did scientists predict those precise physical conditions so far in the future? The answer: mathematical models. Scientists across disciplines use mathematical models to....
- Science & Innovation

Adolescents with Alopecia Areata: What Caregivers Should Know
A lot of kids just want to fit in.1 But for too many, hair loss makes them stand out. For the one in 1,000 children and teens diagnosed with alopecia areata (AA), an autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack the hair follicles, hair loss can create practical challenges.2,3 Youth with AA might feel too self-conscious for selfies, refuse to go out without a hat, or decline invitations to swimming parties or sports leagues for fear their wigs will fall off. In a 2017 study of 69....
- Living & Wellbeing

Migraine in the Workplace and Creating a Safe Space
One billion people worldwide live with migraine; that’s about one in seven. At those odds, there’s a high probability that each of us works with someone who experiences migraine. And if you’re an employer, this could mean that migraine in the workplace could have a significant impact on your workforce. Migraine is a debilitating neurological disease that causes intense pain in the head, as well as other sensory and/or motor dysfunction. Migraine attacks usually include symptoms like nausea....
- Purpose & Ideals

The Challenges of Defining, Understanding, and Addressing Long COVID
Years have passed since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. And though some immunity (acquired by vaccination or through a combination of vaccination and prior infection) allows people to reincorporate some of the lifestyle and activities that they used to enjoy, the virus continues to significantly impact patients, health systems, and economies around the world. In addition to the devastating effects that acute infection can have on those at high risk for severe illness, so-called long....
- Science & Innovation

Lady Gaga on Living With Migraine
If migraine attacks have impacted your ability to simply go about your day, spend time with your family and friends, or do your job, then you and Academy Award®, Golden Globe® Award and 13-time Grammy® Award-winning actress and philanthropist have a lot in common. Lady Gaga recently opened up to Pfizer.com about how migraines have affected her life. “My experience with migraines was debilitating. I would be in bed for days with tremendous pain in my head, behind my eyes, and all throughout....
- Real People

Why the COVID-19 Incubation Period Changes and How That Can Affect Us
Terms like “quarantine” and “social distancing” have been a natural part of our lexicon since 2020. But many of us are not standing six feet apart in public spaces anymore or quarantining after a COVID-19 exposure prior to testing. After all, these actions are no longer recommended for those who are vaccinated.1 The state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic may have expired,2 but it is still possible to contract the virus. As new variants have emerged and recommendations have evolved over....
- Living & Wellbeing

Pfizer’s Biopharma Global Chief Marketing Officer Drew Panayiotou is ‘Radically Obsessed’ with Listening to Patients
For Drew Panayiotou, working at Pfizer comes with an enormous perk: the potential to change the world. That’s why he took the role as the company’s first Biopharma Global Chief Marketing Officer. “Our organization has the power to bring breakthroughs for billions,” says Panayiotou, who joined Pfizer in the fall of 2022. “My job as CMO is to help our organization better understand our healthcare providers and patients so that we can meet them where they are with the information they need at....
- Real People

Avengers Assemble! Teaming Up with Marvel to Illustrate the Importance of COVID-19 Vaccination
Wait, Marvel? On Pfizer.com? For some, comic books may seem to be simply a form of entertainment featuring fantastical characters and mythical plots. However, through the years, they have proven to reflect and even influence our society. World War II, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, AIDS, and 9/11 are only a few of the meaningful moments in our history that comic books have explored. So, it’s not so unusual to find Pfizer and BioNTech collaborating with Marvel Comics to create a....
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