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VYJUVEK approved for the treatment of DEB from birth with flexible administration options including home dosing and the option for administration by the patient or their family

Sujata Setia, Mithail Afrige Chowdhury and Steve Gschmeissner awarded £10,000 each for images exploring domestic abuse, climate migration and the hidden dangers of cholesterol

NEW YORK and MAINZ, GERMANY, July 25, 2025 — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, “Pfizer”) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech”) announced today that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorization for the companies’ LP.8.1-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine (COMIRNATY^® LP.8.1) for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in individuals 6 months of age and older. The adaptation is based on the recommendation from the EMA’s Emergency Task Force (ETF) to update COVID-19 vaccines to target the LP.8.1 variant for the 2025-2026 season. The ETF stated that “targeting LP.8.1 will help maintain the effectiveness of the vaccines as SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve.”²

Schlieren / Zurich, Switzerland, 25 July, 2025 – Memo Therapeutics AG ("MTx”), a late-stage biotech company translating unique immune responses into superior medicines to treat viral infections and cancer, today announced results from its Phase II clinical trial evaluating potravitug, a highly potent human BK polyomavirus (“BKPyV”)-neutralizing monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of BKPyV infection in kidney transplant recipients (“KTR”).