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Moderna And Other Vaccine Maker Stocks Tumble After Trump Taps RFK Jr. As HHS Head


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2024 Nov 14, 3:46pm   722 views  15 comments

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Stocks linked to vaccine developers such as Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax tanked in the leadup to market close Thursday, tumbling after reports surfaced that President-elect Donald Trump would select vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Trump confirmed his selection of RFK Jr. on Thursday afternoon, making the announcement via Truth Social that the former independent presidential candidate would be nominated as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Novavax and BioNTech closed down more than 7%, with almost all of the losses coming after news broke of the selection—Novavax shares dropped to $7.22 as BioNTech shares slid to $103.56.

Moderna’s stock closed down 5.6% at $39.77, bringing the stock to its lowest point of the year.

Sanofi’s stock dropped 3.4% to $47.82, continuing a weeks-long drop in share price triggered after its latest earnings report last month.

Pfizer experienced minor losses compared to its competitors Thursday and closed down 2.6% at $26.02, though it also had its sharpest drop of the day immediately after the RFK Jr. news.

Pfizer, Sanofi, BioNTech and Moderna shares have dropped since the start of the year. However, Moderna’s stock has tumbled far further than its peers, dropping more than 60% since January, when it traded at $112.50 per share. The biotech company’s stock peaked at $166 this summer and began trading below the $40 mark Thursday.

RFK Jr. has built a reputation as a vaccine skeptic but has stopped short of adopting the “anti-vaxx” label attributed to him by critics. The former environmental lawyer has said his children are vaccinated and that he does not oppose safe vaccines. RFK Jr., who repeatedly promoted the debunked theory that vaccines cause autism, has also falsely claimed COVID-19 targets “Caucasians and Black people” and that Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people are most immune to the illness. He said last month while running for president he was “not going to take anyone's vaccines away from them,” noting he wants Americans to know “the safety profile, the risk profile, and the efficacy of each vaccine.” Kennedy has also vowed to remove fluoride from public water and “get toxins out of our food.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/moderna-and-other-vaccine-maker-stocks-tumble-after-trump-taps-rfk-jr-as-hhs-head/ar-AA1u6mF6


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1   Patrick   2024 Nov 14, 6:32pm  

We need the death penalty for corporations.

Corporations which repeatedly prove criminal should be completely disbanded and share price set to zero.
2   ElYorsh   2024 Nov 14, 6:37pm  

Or at least long jail sentences for C level executives. You really can't blame them for trying since the money is good and the penalties virtually don't exist.
3   stereotomy   2024 Nov 15, 10:47am  

The last time C-suite execs went to jail was the S&L Crisis in the early 1990's. It's high time psycho execs and anyone who collaborated at the very least get prison time. For the mass murderers - death by hanging, just like Nuremburg.
4   zzyzzx   2024 Nov 15, 11:36am  

Pfizer really getting hit hard here!
5   Misc   2024 Nov 15, 11:44am  

All the executives at Pfizer that made the coin have left the building. Now Pfizer is literally run by a bunch of women. All the males are long gone.
6   Patrick   2024 Nov 15, 12:00pm  

ElYorsh says

You really can't blame them for trying since the money is good and the penalties virtually don't exist.


I know they are obligated to act in the best interest of shareholders, but that should be subject to at least basic morality.
7   Patrick   2024 Nov 19, 7:29pm  




Damn, sure looks like they were in on the whole Plandemic.
9   Al_Sharpton_for_President   2024 Dec 17, 7:42am  

Palantir, MicroStrategy, Axon Make NASDAQ 100 Leap as Moderna, Super Micro Exit

The removal of Moderna, a key player during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests a recalibration in the market’s focus from pandemic-driven healthcare solutions to other growth areas.

https://thesiliconreview.com/2024/12/palantir-microstrategy-axon-nasdaq


12   Patrick   2025 Jan 25, 4:29pm  

https://www.covidlawcast.com/p/kennedy-nomination-hearings


Kennedy nomination hearings
Are this week Wednesday and Thursday.

Kennedy’s leadership could increase the odds of holding hospitals and Covid-19 shot providers accountable for the millions of injuries and deaths they needlessly caused. As HHS Secretary he can support and initiate lawsuits under the False Claims Act for fraud in the clinical trials, in hospital billing, and in failure to submit VAERS reports — required of all Covid-19 shot providers.

Mendenhall law group has two unsealed cases where we would like federal input immediately. To read about them go to https://iambrookjackson.com/ which alleges fraud in Pfizer’s clinical trial, and https://iamdebconrad.com/ which alleges fraud for failing to report thousands of vaccine injuries. We have many other sealed (non-public) cases dealing with pandemic program frauds to discuss with him as well.
13   Patrick   2025 Jan 27, 1:37pm  

https://jennasside.rocks/p/whos-behind-the-move-to-block-rfk


The funny part is, not one of these “17,000 doctors” had to buy a fake set of scrubs or a single plastic stethoscope. All they had to do was fill out a brief online form with their “official doctor name” and—boom!—petition officially inked. I know because I signed it. As Dr. Pepper. (And I don’t know if you guys know this, but I am not actually a medical professional. Half the time I can’t tell a bruise from a birthmark and I once fainted during a mammogram, true story.)

Alex Jones signed it (a couple of times), too. So did fitness guru and brilliantly red-pilled media personality Jillian Michaels (also more than once). As did probably 16,782 other not-doctors. But CBS, NBC, The Guardian, The Hill, and even The British Medical Journal felt zero obligation to verify the credentials or identities of the signatories of this petition. Literally every single outlet took the “17,000 doctors signed it” sound bite at face value and ran with it nearly verbatim. ...

Jillian Michaels did a deep dive into the Committee, specifically who’s financing it. Turns out our buddy Bill Gates—the same murderous snake who recently boasted about his “intriguing” visit with POTUS at Mar-a-Lago that left him “frankly impressed” by Trump’s interest in global health after “they both got pretty excited” about vaccine innovation—has his filthy fingers all over the Committee, by quietly funding the primary networks and organizations that support it.
14   Patrick   2025 Feb 5, 11:24am  

https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/va-whistleblower-exposes-widespread


VA Whistleblower Exposes Widespread Hospital Corruption During COVID-19

Former Navy Corpsman and ICU Nurse Shane Claytor Reveals Government Retaliation, Dangerous Protocols, and the Systemic Betrayal of Patients

Shane Claytor, a former Navy Corpsman, Iraq War Veteran, and ICU nurse, has worked inside both the VA and private healthcare systems. Shane has seen firsthand how hospital policies, corporate interests, and government mandates have compromised patient care. In this interview, Shane reveals: ...

The suppression of dissent within the VA, where speaking out against questionable policies—such as excessive isolation, improper use of ventilators, and the sidelining of early treatment options—led to retaliation, including an investigation that sidelined him for seven months.

The failures of COVID-19 protocols, including the widespread use of remdesivir, which he and other healthcare professionals observed was linked to kidney failure. He compares outcomes at the VA, where the drug was heavily administered, to other hospitals that used it more sparingly and saw far fewer complications.

The toxic culture within healthcare institutions, where unvaccinated patients were stigmatized, and doctors failed to physically assess COVID-19 patients, relying instead on remote decision-making, which harmed patient care.

His personal journey of witnessing the effects of government mandates, corporate influence, and media-driven misinformation, leading him to advocate for healthcare reform and transparency in medical protocols.
15   Al_Sharpton_for_President   2025 May 29, 2:54pm  

HHS axes Moderna's $590M pandemic bird flu vaccine contract, ending funding for late-phase trials

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has axed a $590 million contract with Moderna, raising doubts about how the biotech will fund late-phase development of a pandemic bird flu vaccine.

Moderna won the contract at the back end of the Biden administration. The biotech took mRNA-1018, a mRNA vaccine candidate that encodes for hemagglutinin glycoproteins, into a phase 1/2 trial in 2023. In 2024, Moderna won a $176 million contract to develop mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccines. The HHS expanded the agreement in January, providing $590 million to fund late-phase development.

But May 28, Moderna revealed the HHS has terminated the award for late-stage development and right to purchase pre-pandemic influenza vaccines. The company is now exploring alternatives for late-phase development and manufacturing of the bird flu vaccine.

The news comes three months after the HHS said it was reevaluating its contract with the U.S. Big Biotech, coming several weeks after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as chief of the department. RFK Jr. called COVID-19 shots, which overwhelmingly use mRNA, “the deadliest vaccine ever made” in 2021, and the nonprofit he founded tried to get the FDA to rescind approvals.

Moderna shared news of the contract termination alongside data from its phase 1/2 trial of mRNA-1018. At baseline, 2.1% of the 300 adults who took part in the trial had hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers above the threshold of protection. Three weeks after receiving the second of two doses, 97.8% of participants had antibody titers above the threshold.

The vaccine was generally well tolerated, Moderna said, with no dose-limiting tolerability concerns. Most solicited adverse reactions were mild, being classified in grade 1 or 2, and didn’t rise significantly between the first and second doses. Moderna plans to share more clinical data at an upcoming scientific meeting.

Previously, Moderna expected to move mRNA-1018 into late-phase development using the HHS funding. The company said it is now seeking alternatives consistent with its “strategic commitment to pandemic preparedness.”

The loss of the funding comes at a time when the biotech is cutting spending. Moderna reduced its R&D spending by 19% in the first quarter. At the same time, the company outlined plans to cut its operating expenses by up to $1.7 billion.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/hhs-axes-modernas-590m-pandemic-bird-flu-vaccine-contract-cutting-funding-late-phase-trials

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