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A group of kids wearing masks and backpacks walk toward their classrooms.
Students, some wearing protective masks, arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview, Fla.
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The FDA's expert panel just gave a thumbs-up for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in younger children, clearing the path for authorization in a matter of days

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CEO EQRX Alexis Borisy
Alexis Borisy.
EQRx

Why serial biotech entrepreneur Alexis Borisy wants to stop the 'great big party' on drug pricing and take on his own industry

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Pharmacy Counter
CVS Pharmacy, pharmacist counter, pick up consultation window.
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A group backed by huge employers like Boeing and Walmart is fed up with the ways drug-industry middlemen drum up profits. So it created its own alternative to lower drug costs.

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