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Pfizer CEO tests positive for COVID for a second timePfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla , 60, back in August had contacted COVID and had started a course of the company's oral COVID-...
BioNTech, Pfizer to start testing universal vaccine for coronavirusesTheir experimental work on shots that go beyond the current approach include T-cell-enhancing shots, designed to primarily protect against ...
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.
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...
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...
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...
UAE approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5-11The United Arab Emirates has approved for emergency use the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11, the health ministry sa...
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...
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...
Germany recommends combination of AstraZeneca, mRNA shotsThe committee, known by its German acronym STIKO, didn't detail what studies its conclusion was based on. Germany's disease control center ...
Taiwan says China blocked deal with BioNTech for COVID-19 shotsTaiwan has millions of vaccine doses on order, from AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc, but has received only slightly more than 700,000 to da...
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...
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...
Europe will reach herd immunity this summer: BioNTech bossWhile the exact threshold required to reach that critical level of immunization remains a matter of debate, experts say a level above 70% w...
EU to purchase 100 million more vaccine dosesThe announcement offers a much-needed boost to the EU's sluggish and much-criticised vaccine rollout. Sean Marett, the chief business offic...
EU throws weight behind Pfizer-BioNTech and new technologyIn a stinging rebuke to pharma giant AstraZeneca, the European Union on Wednesday announced plans to negotiate a massive contract extension...
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...
Vaccine dosing intervals: What countries are doing around the worldThere are differences over the merits of alternative dosing strategies, with some arguing the urgency of the pandemic requires flexibility,...
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...
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine efficacy would look higher if trial tested for severe virusSpeaking in a briefing, Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said it is hard to explain the different efficacy rates betwe...