Pfizer Inc. has been the first to cross the finish line at nearly every stage of the COVID-19 vaccine race, but executives at Moderna Inc. say their company’s long experience with RNA messenger technology gives you a longer lasting advantage. “We are not dabblingIn mRNA, the technology that is the backbone of America’s two major […]
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FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5-11 Years
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized this Friday the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 for children ages 5 to 11. The authorization included input from experts from the independent advisory committee who voted to make the vaccine available to this age group. As detailed in the FDA on its website, […]
What is known about COVID-19 vaccines for children
A panel of leading vaccine experts endorsed the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. for children from 5 to 11 years old. So how soon will you be able to vaccinate your children? There are a few more details to hone before regulators give vaccination the green light: Whats Next? First, the Food […]
They evaluate in the US to authorize Pfizer’s anti-COVID vaccine in children from 5 to 11 years old
A medical panel of experts made up of US government advisers will meet Tuesday to decide whether to authorize Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children between the ages of five and eleven. If the independent experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vote in favor, as expected, the emergency authorization will be in a […]
Pfizer Vaccine Makers: We’ve Made The Impossible Possible
Doctors Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, the couple of Turkish scientists who developed in Germany the first vaccine to be licensed and injected ten months ago in Europe to combat COVID-19, had a team that worked day and night to achieve a record time making the impossible possible. “Now we realize that it was almost […]
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for COVID-19 Shows 90.7% Efficacy in Trial in Children
Updated on 10/22/2021 09:14 am The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 showed an efficacy of 90.7% in a clinical trial in children aged five to 11 years, the US pharmaceutical company announced. Sixteen children in the trial who had received a placebo became infected with COVID-19, compared with three who were vaccinated, Pfizer said in information […]
Third dose of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against COVID is 95.6% effective
A third dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID vaccine is 95.6% effective against symptomatic forms of the disease, according to a study by the two laboratories and published Thursday. The phase 3 clinical trial, conducted in “10,000 people over 16 years old“, shows “a relative efficiency of 95.6%” and “a favorable safety profile”, According […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Highly Effective in Adolescents
The vaccine COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech is highly effective in teenagers, according to a study focused on delta variant SARS-CoV-2 and showing that in fully vaccinated youth the risk of symptomatic disease decreased 93% compared to unvaccinated. The work is published in the magazine “The New England Journal of Medicine” with data on the adolescent population of […]
UK agrees to buy COVID-19 antivirals from Merck and Pfizer
The United Kingdom announced that it reached agreements for two antivirals against COVID-19, one developed by Merck and the other by Pfizer, which it said could be used to treat patients by the end of the year if regulatory approval is granted. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lifted nearly all coronavirus-related restrictions and is turning […]
Pfizer CEO Is In Favor Of Mixing Booster Vaccines
Updated 10/20/2021 03:41 am Pfizer Inc. CEO Albert Bourla said mixing and matching covid-19 vaccines and boosters could work and provide more flexibility in vaccine administration. Preliminary results of a study by the National Institutes of Health (NIHfrom the United States found that mixing and matching vaccines produces as many or more antibodies as using […]