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Pfizer Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for its 20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (20vPnC) Candidate for Infants and Children

  • 20vPnC offers the broadest serotype coverage of any pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), helping to protect infants and children against all 20 serotypes contained in the vaccine
  • Together, the 20 serotypes included in 20vPnC are responsible for the majority of currently circulating pneumococcal disease in the EU and globally 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 
  • The vaccine candidate builds on PREVENAR 13® and includes seven additional serotypes that are global causes of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and are associated with high case-fa

Hospira, Inc. Issues A Voluntary Nationwide Recall For One Lot of Bleomycin for Injection, USP 15 Units Single Dose ONCO-TAIN™ Glass Fliptop Vial Due To The Potential For Presence of Glass Particulate Matter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 21, 2023 - NEW YORK, NY. 

Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer company, is voluntarily recalling one lot of Bleomycin for Injection, USP 15 units Single Dose ONCO-TAIN™ Glass Fliptop Vial, lot BL12206A, to the user level. The recall was initiated due to a confirmed customer report for the presence of glass particulate within a single vial. 

Pfizer Launches VaxAssist, to Help Individual’s Assess Respiratory Vaccine Eligibility

As more respiratory vaccinations have become available in recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to provide annual guidelines for common respiratory illnesses—COVID-19, pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza (the flu), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—to help ensure eligible populations are seeking vaccinations, especially during respiratory illness season.

Pfizer Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Ulcerative Colitis Treatment

NEW YORK, December 15, 2023 – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion for VELSIPITY™ (etrasimod), an oral, once-daily, selective sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator for the treatment of patients 16 years of age and older with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response, lost response, or were intolerant to either conventional therapy, or a biological agent.

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