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Great Merger, Guys. Here's $1 Million

Oct 29, 2009

Frank D'Amelio and Ian Read, respectively the CFO and the head of biopharmaceuticals at Pfizer, will each receive about a million dollar bonus, according to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog. They showed, according to the board's compensation committee, "devoted extraordinary efforts and made extraordinary contributions" to the Pfizer-Wyeth merger. The Health Blog notes that Pfizer plans to eliminate 20,000 jobs due to the merger.

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Booster for At-Risk

The New York Times reports that the US Food and Drug Administration has authorized a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for people over 65 or at increased risk.

Preprints OK to Mention Again

Nature News reports the Australian Research Council has changed its new policy and now allows preprints to be cited in grant applications.

Hundreds of Millions More to Share

The US plans to purchase and donate 500 million additional SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses, according to the Washington Post.

Nature Papers Examine Molecular Program Differences Influencing Neural Cells, Population History of Polynesia

In Nature this week: changes in molecular program during embryonic development leads to different neural cell types, and more.