China's Sinovac COVID-19 booster weaker against Omicron: Hong Kong StudySinovac's CoronaVac and state-owned Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine are the two most-used vaccines in China.
23 Dec, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech booster for 16- and 17-year-oldsRegulators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) likely need to sign off on the shots before the teenagers can beg...
09 Dec, 2021, 10.56 PM IST
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech booster for 16- and 17-year-oldsThe CDC has identified fewer than 100 cases of Omicron in the United States, but they are expected to increase in the coming weeks and mont...
09 Dec, 2021, 10.30 PM IST
BioNTech starts work on Omicron-specific vaccineOver the weekend, the list of countries that have spotted the new variant in travelers grew. Portugal detected 13 cases linked to the new v...
29 Nov, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
EU plans to boost reach of Pfizer COVID-19 shotThe European Medicines Agency said it would review data, including results from an ongoing study, for the vaccine - known as Comirnaty. It ...
18 Oct, 2021, 09.59 PM IST
BioNTech says repeats of its COVID-19 vaccine better than devising new one, for nowThe German biotech firm said that offering a third dose of its established two-shot vaccine remained the best response to concerns over wan...
09 Aug, 2021, 09.28 PM IST
No need yet to adapt Pfizer vaccine for coronavirus variants, says BioNTech chiefA decision to make a switch should be made only if it is clear that the vaccine failed to work or is only offering sub-par protection again...
09 Aug, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Vaccine maker BioNTech says no need to waive patentsUgur Sahin, the chief executive of BioNTech, rejected the U.S.-backed proposal to temporarily lift some intellectual property rights for va...
10 May, 2021, 07.58 PM IST
BioNTech committed to deliver 1.8 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine this yearBioNTech's first-quarter total revenues were 2.05 billion euros, up from 27.7 million a year earlier, inflated by the vaccine, and includin...
10 May, 2021, 06.46 PM IST
Pfizer COVID-19 shot 91% effective in updated data, protective against South African variantThe shot was also 100% effective in preventing illness among trial participants in South Africa, where a new variant called B1351 is domina...
01 Apr, 2021, 07.16 PM IST
BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 billion dosesPfizer previously said the partners would likely produce between 2.3 billion and 2.4 billion doses in 2021. BioNTech cited its new facility...
30 Mar, 2021, 10.33 PM IST
Hong Kong halts Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, investigates defective packagingThe government said it had received notice from Fosun Pharma Industrial (Hong Kong), the distributor of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the ...
24 Mar, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Pfizer to develop new vaccines on its own using mRNA technologyThe drugmaker said it was ready to pursue mRNA on its own following its experience in the past year working on the COVID-19 vaccine, the WS...
23 Mar, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
Pfizer Covid shot neutralises Brazilian strain in lab studyIn lab experiments, the shot demonstrated “roughly equivalent” levels of neutralising activity against the Brazil and UK strains compared w...
09 Mar, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
Israel sharing COVID-19 data with PfizerIsrael is giving weekly data updates on its Covid-19 outbreak to vaccine maker Pfizer under a collaboration agreement that may help other c...
19 Jan, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gapsThe delays in rolling out the home-grown vaccine have caused consternation in Germany, where some regions had to halt vaccinations within d...
01 Jan, 2021, 11.14 PM IST
Explainer: When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available?Pfizer, with partner BioNTech SE, and rival Moderna have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at p...
02 Dec, 2020, 06.38 PM IST