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Jul 21 2023
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Afternoon Update: Pfizer Plant Destroyed By Tornado, Carlee Russell Latest, Tony Bennett Dead
This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click here. A North Carolina Pfizer pharmaceutical plant that makes anesthesia drugs suffered heavy damage from a Tornado earlier this week. Pfizer confirmed that the large manufacturing complex was damaged by a twister that touched down shortly after midday near Rocky Mount. The company went
The Daily WireJul 21 2023
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Pfizer says most tornado damage to North Carolina plant was to warehouse facility, not manufacturing lines
Most of the damage from Wednesday’s tornado to a major Pfizer plant in North Carolina was to a warehouse facility, rather than areas that produce medicines, the drug giant said Friday. The plant remains closed while damage is assessed. Pfizer said it’s “committed to rapidly restoring full function to the site, which plays a critical role in the US healthcare system,” and noted it’s working
CNN (Online News)Jul 21 2023
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Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Most of the that tore through eastern North Carolina Wednesday and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant affected its storage facility, rather than its medicine production areas, the company said Friday. The drugmaker’s ability to salvage production equipment and other essential materials could mitigate what experts feared would be a major blow to an already strained
Associated PressJul 20 2023
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Pfizer tornado damage likely to impact supply chain system, UNC Health officials say
The Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount was struck by an EF-3 tornado on July 19, 2023. (Lance Blocker/CBS 17, AP) CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — The Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount that was damaged by Wednesday’s tornado produces 25% of sterile injectables used by hospitals across the country. CBS 17 has reached out to officials with the UNC, Duke and WakeMed hospital systems to get a sense of if the
CBS 17Jul 20 2023
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Pfizer damage from Rocky Mount tornado expected to affect NC hospital supply chain
The tornado that swept through Rocky Mount on Wednesday could deepen existing drug shortages across the United States, as the damage included a massive Pfizer plant that produces nearly a quarter of the company’s sterile injectables used in U.S. hospitals. At the 1.4 million-square-foot site, the pharmaceutical giant manufactures an array of health care products like neuromuscular blockers,
The News & ObserverDec 09 2020
Analysis
A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how it works.
FactCheck.orgDec 10 2020
Fact Check
A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how it works.
Vaccine name: BNT162b2; Design type: mRNA; Dose number: 2, 21 days apart
Efficacy: 95% efficacy in preventing symptomatic
FactCheck.orgDec 27 2021
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Pfizer antiviral pills may be risky with other medications
As the omicron surge pummels a pandemic-weary nation, the first antiviral pills for Covid-19 promise desperately needed protection for people at risk of severe disease. However, many people prescribed Pfizer’s or Merck’s new medications will require careful monitoring by doctors and pharmacists, and the antivirals may not be safe for everyone, experts caution.
The Food and Drug
NBC News (Online)Oct 20 2021
Fact Check
Fact Checking Claims that the Pfizer Vaccine Is Not Yet Approved
A widely shared article from Red Voice America, which describes itself as being owned by “patriots” and fighting “false narratives against conservatives,” claims that “Biden BUSTED As Pfizer ADMITS There’s No Vaccine Approved By FDA In The U.S. In Recorded Call.” The article claims to have a phone call recording of a Pfizer employee who allegedly “admits” that the Pfizer vaccine has not been
The Dispatch Fact CheckJul 21 2023
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Pfizer says most tornado damage at key plant hit warehouse, but finished drugs also impacted
Pfizer says a tornado that ripped through a key manufacturing plant in North Carolina does not appear to have caused “any major damage” to areas that produce medicines. The company reported most damage from the storm occurred at a warehouse that stores raw materials, packaging supplies, and finished medicines awaiting release by quality assurance personnel. As a result, it remains unclear
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