Updated on 12/17/2021 03:34 pm Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said they would include and evaluate a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in an ongoing trial in children six months to less than five years of age. The decision was made after an analysis showed that the two-dose vaccine elicited an […]
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Moderna’s COVID vaccine is more likely to cause heart inflammation than Pfizer’s, study finds
Moderna’s COVID vaccine is up to four times more likely to cause heart muscle inflammation, a very rare side effect, than its rival from Pfizer-BioNTech, according to a Danish study published in the British Medical Journal. The study, which involved 4.9 million people over the age of 12, or nearly 85% of Danes, investigated the […]
Pfizer to dominate $ 20 billion COVID pill market in 2022
Pfizer Inc. will dominate a $ 20 billion market for COVID pills next year as wealthier nations scramble to buy supplies, while lower-income countries will have to wait until early 2023 for manufacturers of generic drugs produce large quantities, according to an analysis. It is expected that Pfizer, already making huge profits from its COVID […]
COVID-19: US CDC Panel Recommends Pfizer or Moderna Vaccines Over J&J
Most Americans should get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines against COVID-19 instead of Jansen’s vaccine Johnson & Johnson (J&J), which on rare occasions can cause serious clots, recommended a panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the United States. The unusual clotting problem has caused nine confirmed deaths in people who […]
Chile approves use of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine in children from five years of age
Updated on 12/15/2021 11:15 am Chile’s Institute of Public Health said Wednesday that it approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for the population of children from the age of five, to be included in its successful inoculation program. The vaccine was already applied in the population of the South American country from the age […]
Austria recommends the third dose of the vaccine from the age of twelve
Updated 12/14/2021 12:07 pm The Austrian Government announced today that the use of the booster dose against COVID-19 will also be recommended for those over twelve years of age, while tomorrow the special doses of Biontech / Pfizer will be used for children from five . The Minister of Health, the environmentalist Wolfgang Mückstein, explained […]
Pfizer vaccine protects 70% of severe cases of the omicron variant
A vaccine from the US laboratory Pfizer is globally less effective against omicron, but protects 70% in severe cases, according to a study presented on Tuesday and carried out in South Africa, where the new variant of the coronavirus was detected in November. This new variant of the COVID-19 raises many questions. According to the […]
Pfizer Pill Against COVID-19 Shows Nearly 90% Efficacy In Final Analysis
Updated on 12/14/2021 08:34 am Pfizer Inc said Tuesday that the final analysis of its COVID-19 pill continued to show close to 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and that recent laboratory data suggests that the drug retains its efficacy against the omicron variant. Last month, the US pharmaceutical company claimed […]
COVID-19: Pfizer thinks omicron symptoms are milder, but more communicable
Updated on 07/12/2021 09:45 pm The chief executive of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Albert Bourla, assured that the symptoms caused by the omicron variant of the coronavirus seem milder than those caused by other mutations, but warned that it is transmitted faster. “I don’t think it’s good news to have something that spreads quickly“Bourla said […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Would Only Partially Protect Against Omicron
Updated on 07/12/2021 06:35 pm The omicron variant of the coronavirus may partially evade the protection of the vaccine against the COVID-19 from Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech, Bloomberg News reported, citing the head of research for a laboratory at the African Health Research Institute in South Africa. His evasion is not complete and […]