BUZZ-Vaccine makers fall as Kennedy moves closer to health secretary job

Shares of vaccine makers fall after President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., moved closer to the job following a favorable vote by a U.S. Senate panel

Kennedy, who founded the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, has long sown doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines

Shares of Pfizer PFE.N fall 1.5%, Moderna MRNA.O fall 4.2%, U.S.-listed shares of BioNTech 22UAy.DE down 2.5% and Novavax NVAX.O down 2.3%

Earlier on Tuesday, Pfizer shares were up 2% in pre-market trading on better-than-expected quarterly results

Up to the last close, PFE down 2.7%, MRNA down 62.5% in the last 12 months