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Developer of oral ritlecitinib for vitiligo
For most of medical history, vitiligo had no fix. Doctors could sometimes slow the spreading white patches, but regrowing lost skin color was mostly out of reach.
Updated 3 hours ago
Maker of both drugs; sponsor of the FDA application
About one in four men with advanced prostate cancer carry inherited flaws in the genes that repair damaged DNA. A large trial now shows that giving those men a targeted pill alongside standard hormone therapy delays the cancer's spread by a wide margin.
Updated 6 days ago
Competitor whose Paxlovid failed as a prevention drug
For years, the only move after a close COVID-19 exposure was to wait and watch for symptoms. Now there is a pill for that.
Updated 7 days ago
Co-developer; seeking third-party commercialization partner
For 25 years, drug companies have tried to design medicines that destroy harmful proteins outright rather than blocking them. On May 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first one.
Updated May 31
Lead commercialization partner for the Lyme disease vaccine; planning 2026 FDA submission
The last Lyme disease vaccine was pulled from the market in 2002 after unfounded safety fears destroyed demand. Twenty-four years later, Pfizer and French biotech Valneva announced that their replacement candidate showed 73% efficacy in a Phase 3 trial of 9,000+ participants. They will seek FDA approval this year for a possible 2027 launch.
Updated May 30
Donating antibiotics through 2030
For the first time since records began, fewer than 100 million people need treatment for trachoma—a bacterial eye disease that's been blinding humans since ancient Egyptian times. The number at risk has cratered 94% since 2002, from 1.5 billion to 97 million. Twenty-seven countries have eliminated it entirely, making trachoma one of the success stories celebrated at World NTD Day 2026 on January 30.
Updated May 20
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