Covid-19: Pfizer opens study of vaccine updated to match Omicron strain

Covid-19: Pfizer opens study of vaccine updated to match Omicron strain

COVID-19 vaccine makers have been updating their shots to better match omicron in case global health authorities decide the change is needed. Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study on Tuesday. COVID-19 vaccine … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine update: Leading vaccine developers to release joint statement discarding hurried, premature approvals

Covid-19 vaccine update: Leading vaccine developers to release joint statement discarding hurried, premature approvals

However, drugmaker Pfizer, which is reported to be at the forefront of releasing the joint statement, has itself been excited to release the vaccine at an early date. Even as governments in different countries are willing to ease the regulatory guidelines for approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to speed up a public launch, … Read more