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Pfizer already working on COVID vaccine targeting Omicron - CEO
Pfizer's CEO said his company began testing the current vaccine against the Omicron variant, which was first reported in South Africa and reignited fears of a...
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Israel vaccinates children as young as 5 to combat 'children's wave'
Authorities had already begun immunising those aged 12 to 17 but decided to lower the age threshold in the wake of trials by Pfizer and recommendations from a panel of Israeli scientists.
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Pfizer: COVID shot 100% effective in adolescents after 4 months
Pfizer and BioNTech said that the new data, which involved 2,228 trial participants, will help support their applications for full approval in the United States and worldwide.
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Sahpra reviews Pfizer’s bid for vaccine booster shot in SA
It comes as our health workers have started receiving a second shot of the Johnson & Johnson jab.
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Pfizer to sell 10 million COVID-19 treatments to US for $5.3 bn
Pfizer will start delivering the treatments to the US government later this year and continuing through the end of 2022, the statement said.
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Pfizer strikes global licensing deal for COVID pill
Pfizer will sub-licence production of its promising Paxlovid pill to generic drug manufacturers for supply in 95 low- and middle-income nations covering around 53% of the world's population.
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Pfizer strikes global licencing deal for COVID-19 pill
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced a deal to make its oral antiviral COVID-19 medication available more cheaply in poorer countries, if the promising pill passes trials and regulatory approval.
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Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making more than R15,000 profit every second: analysis
The Alliance estimates that the trio will make pre-tax profits of $34 billion this year between them, which works out to over $1,000 a second, $65,000 a minute or $93.5 million a day.
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Pfizer: COVID pill is 89% effective against severe disease
Pfizer says a clinical trial of its pill to treat COVID-19 had shown it is highly effective, hailing it is as a big step toward ending the pandemic.
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US gives final approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11
The US can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine, US health authorities said on Tuesday in a move hailed by President Joe Biden as a 'turning point'.
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COVID vaccine 90% effective in younger children - Pfizer
The new data was published on the website of the Food and Drug Administration, which has called an advisory panel of independent experts to meet Tuesday to vote on whether to green light the shot.
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Govt aims to vaccinate at least 50% of 12 to 17-year-olds by December
Health Minister Joe Phaahla has announced coronavirus vaccinations will be available for children from the age of 12 from Wednesday.
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Pfizer jab prevents severe COVID for at least 6 months: study
In August, the US authorised an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, while in France an extra shot has been offered to the elderly. Israel has gone further, offering children 12 and older a third dose five months after receiving a second jab.
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EU watchdog backs Pfizer booster for over-18s
Extra doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines were also approved for people with severely weakened immune systems by the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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Makhura urges Gauteng residents due for second Pfizer jab to get them
Gauteng Premier David Makhura was speaking at a newly opened pop-up vaccination site in Khutsong on the West Rand on Thursday, where he revealed that over 1 million people had not yet returned for their second and final dose.
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Pfizer submits data to authorise COVID vaccine in young children
Children have been infected in greater numbers in the latest wave driven by the Delta variant, and inoculating this age group is seen as key to keeping schools open and helping end the pandemic.
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US authorizes Pfizer COVID booster for the elderly and high-risk
The announcement means a significant part of the population -- amounting to tens of millions of Americans -- are now eligible for a third shot six months after their second.
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Pfizer raises 2021 outlook on surging COVID-19 vaccine sales
Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said more than a billion doses of the vaccine have been delivered, saying "the speed and efficiency of our efforts with BioNTech to help vaccinate the world against COVID-19 have been unprecedented."
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Vaccine update: 2.1 million Pfizer shots expected to be delivered in July
Acting Minister of Health Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has given an update on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan on 2 July 2021. She said the country was expecting more vaccines in the coming weeks and that the number of vaccinations had surpassed 120,000 per day, with almost 300,000 education staff vaccinated so far.
