AstraZeneca starts to make modest profit from Covid-19 vaccineThe Anglo-Swedish company's third-quarter results showed the vaccine contributed one cent to core earnings per share of $1.08, a rise of 14...
12 Nov, 2021, 06.45 PM IST
WHO estimates COVID-19 boosters needed yearly for most vulnerableThe estimate is included in a report, which is to be discussed on Thursday at a board meeting of Gavi, a vaccine alliance that co-leads the...
25 Jun, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
G7's billion vaccine plan counts some past pledges, limiting impactA G7 plan to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries will have limited impact because it includes some previous pledges...
13 Jun, 2021, 08.05 PM IST
Drugmakers say Joe Biden misguided over vaccine patent waiverIf adopted by the World Trade Organisation, the proposal would invite new manufacturers that lack essential know-how and oversight from the...
07 May, 2021, 11.38 PM IST
Covid vaccines and lessons: India can benefit from a dose of globalisationIndia needs to nurture and retain its human talent, attract global capital, and integrate with global supply chains.
17 Apr, 2021, 11.04 AM IST
COVAX vaccines reach more than 100 countries, despite supply hitsDespite being hit by reduced supply availability in March and April, GAVI and WHO said that they expect to deliver doses to all economies t...
08 Apr, 2021, 05.37 PM IST
Pfizer wants to make vaccine in India if faster clearance, export freedom assured: SourcesThe U.S. company pulled an application last month seeking emergency approval for its product in India after the drug regulator declined its...
10 Mar, 2021, 07.47 PM IST
Saudi Arabia to get three million AstraZeneca shots in a week from India's Serum InstituteSII, the world's biggest vaccine manufacturer, has partnered with AstraZeneca, the Gates Foundation and the Gavi vaccine alliance to make u...
26 Jan, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
Vaccinating billions means finding ways around a patent impasseA patent gives a drugmaker exclusive rights to manufacture a vaccine it developed, also providing it the power to charge a price that cover...
16 Dec, 2020, 12.19 PM IST
A stock trader’s guide to the global Covid vaccine rolloutThese are some of the sectors and stocks in traders’ sights for their roles in the global vaccine rollout.
13 Dec, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
Phishing ploy targets COVID-19 vaccine distribution effortThe researchers said they could not be sure who was behind the campaign, which began in September, or if it was successful. But the precisi...
03 Dec, 2020, 08.44 PM IST
Asian shares bounce on hopes for U.S. stimulus, vaccineMSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.27 per cent, but was still trading below last week’s all-time high. Austr...
02 Dec, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
Astra-Oxford shot is key to escaping pandemic for many nations, including IndiaThe AstraZeneca vaccine costs a fraction of the price set by Pfizer and will be manufactured in multiple countries, from India to Brazil. I...
22 Nov, 2020, 05.09 PM IST
Vaccine alliance raises $2 billion to buy COVID shots for poor nationsThe GAVI alliance said on Friday that the funds for an advance market commitment (AMC) will allow the COVAX facility to buy an initial one ...
13 Nov, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
Gates Foundation adds $70 million more funding for COVID vaccines for poorAn extra $50 million will go to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) led by the GAVI vaccine alliance, the foundation said, and anothe...
12 Nov, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
When it comes to a coronavirus vaccine, rich nations are first in lineAlthough international groups and a number of nations are promising to make vaccines affordable and accessible to all, doses will likely st...
02 Aug, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
Britain secures 90 million possible COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer/BioNTech, ValnevaWith no working vaccine against COVID-19 yet developed, Britain now has three different types of vaccine under order and a total of 230 mil...
20 Jul, 2020, 04.11 PM IST