Pfizer study shows COVID-19 booster can be co-administered with pneumonia shotThe data provides evidence supporting the potential to administer pneumonia shot, PREVNAR 20, and the company's COVID-19 vaccine at the sam...
12 Jan, 2022, 06.19 PM IST
Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ COVID-19 shots with Moderna gives better immune response: Lancet studyIf the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is followed by a Moderna or Novavax shot, higher antibodies and T-cell responses were induced versus two ...
07 Dec, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Double vaccinate against Covid first, experts say amid calls for booster shotsConcerns over the Omicron variant and waning vaccine-induced protection against the infection have highlighted the need for boosters to pro...
04 Dec, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
Pfizer raises COVID-19 vaccine sales forecast to $36 bn for 2021Driven by an unprecedented vaccination drive against the COVID-19 pandemic globally, Pfizer's shot has quickly become one of the best-selli...
02 Nov, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
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...
01 Nov, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
US President Joe Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot after authorisationThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week backed an additional dose of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech vaccine for Ameri...
27 Sep, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine just received full FDA approval. Here's what it meansIn early August, a Wall Street Journal report stated that India was in talks to buy 50 million doses of Pfizer and German partner BioNTech ...
24 Aug, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccineThe vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, which has ...
24 Aug, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
US to recommend Covid vaccine boosters for all its citizens after 8 monthsAn announcement was expected as soon as this week, with doses beginning to be administered widely once the Food and Drug Administration for...
17 Aug, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Pfizer Shot just 39% effective in halting delta, says IsraelThe vaccine provided 88% protection against hospitalisation and 91.4% against severe illness for an unspecified number of people studied be...
24 Jul, 2021, 06.10 PM IST
Bahrain offers Pfizer booster for some who got Chinese shotsThe government's BeAware mobile phone app allows those living in Bahrain to register for booster shots of either the Pfizer or the Sinophar...
03 Jun, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Countries seek more Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech shots as concerns mount over rival vaccinesCountries in Europe and Asia, as well as South Africa, are limiting or halting use of AstraZeneca's shot over safety concerns. Rollout of J...
16 Apr, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shots leave warehouses, widening America's push to immunizeThe distribution of Moderna's vaccine to more than 3,700 locations in the United States will vastly widen the rollout started last week by ...
20 Dec, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
How much COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped in USThe first wave of shipments is going to health care workers and nursing home residents. Officials say vaccines should be available to every...
13 Dec, 2020, 09.19 PM IST
Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for useThe Sinopharm vaccine has been approved for emergency use in a few countries and the company is still conducting late-stage clinical trials...
13 Dec, 2020, 03.37 PM IST
Bahrain announces free Covid vaccine for public, Saudi Arabia approves Pfizer jabBahrain plans to inoculate everyone 18 years and older in the kingdom at 27 different medical facilities, hoping to be able to vaccinate 10...
11 Dec, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Moderna, Pfizer shots look strong. Here’s how they stack upThe data will likely increase confidence that more vaccines will work and that the world may soon find a way to get the coronavirus under c...
16 Nov, 2020, 08.28 PM IST