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Coronavirus vaccine update: Results show Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective

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Coronavirus vaccine update: Results show Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective

A volunteer receives an injection at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, as part of Africa’s first participation in a COVID-19 vaccine trial developed at the University of Oxford in Britain in conjunction with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. (AP photo/FILE) The University of Oxford and Britain’s AstraZeneca announced on Monday that the Covid-19 … Read more

Pfizer Seeks COVID Vaccine OK As Roll Out Planned

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Pfizer Seeks COVID Vaccine OK As Roll Out Planned

Nov. 20, 2020 — American pharmaceutical company Pfizer, and its German partner BioNTech, said Friday they will seek government approval today for an experimental coronavirus vaccine. But don’t start standing in line yet for a shot. If the FDA does grant emergency use authorization to Pfizer, a coronavirus vaccine would be … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine update: Pfizer-BioNTech’s 8-month journey of developing Covid-19 vaccine

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Coronavirus vaccine update: Pfizer-BioNTech’s 8-month journey of developing Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer-BioNTech started the Phase 3 clinical trial of BNT162b2 on July 27. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine update: In the much-awaited announcement, Pfizer has unveiled Phase 3 human trial final efficacy analysis of BNT162b2 Covid-19 vaccine. It has said the mRNA-based Coronavirus vaccine, jointly developed by US drugmaker Pfizer and German pharma giant BioNTech, has … Read more

Latest Coronavirus vaccine update: This year Christmas gift could be COVID-19 vaccine

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Latest Coronavirus vaccine update: This year Christmas gift could be COVID-19 vaccine

Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update: Oxford-AstraZeneca said that the late-stage date of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate AZD1222-ChAdOx1nCoV-19 would likely to be announced in November or December. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update: It could be merry Christmas and a happy new year as Pfizer and BioNTech are preparing to start deliveries of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine update: After Pfizer, Modernica claims that its vaccine is 94.5 % effective in preventing Covid-19

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Coronavirus vaccine update: After Pfizer, Modernica claims that its vaccine is 94.5 % effective in preventing Covid-19

The latest press release covered about 30,000 participants which included old age and high risk patients. Covid-19 vaccine update: In a positive development in the search for the Coronavirus vaccine, US pharma company Modernica has said that its experimental vaccine is about 94.5 percent effective in preventing Coronavirus infection, news agency Reuters claimed. In a … Read more

Deep-freeze hurdle makes Pfizer’s vaccine one for the rich

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Deep-freeze hurdle makes Pfizer’s vaccine one for the rich

When Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine rolls off production lines, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. will be waiting to distribute it through a complex and costly system of deep-freeze airport warehouses, refrigerated vehicles and inoculation points across China. After they reach vaccination centers, the shots must be thawed from -70 degrees celsius and … Read more

Justin Trudeau urges Canadians to ‘hang on’ after coronavirus vaccine news

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Justin Trudeau urges Canadians to ‘hang on’ after coronavirus vaccine news

OTTAWA – Pfizer Inc’s announcement that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective is “very encouraging,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday. “We hope a vaccine is coming early next year. We’re seeing a light at the end of the tunnel,” he told a news conference. Canada has a deal with … Read more

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on track for regulatory review in October

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Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on track for regulatory review in October

The companies said the vaccine was well tolerated with mild to moderate fever in fewer than 20% of the participants. (Representational image: Reuters) Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE said the Covid-19 vaccine they are jointly developing is on track to be submitted for regulatory review as early as October, as they released additional data from … Read more