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Novartis to support Pfizer-BioNTech in COVID-19 vaccine production
One of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Switzerland-based drugmaker Novartis is all set to join the COVID-19 vaccine production efforts after a...
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine only slightly less effective against S.African strain: Study
The COVID-19 vaccine from American drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech appeared to lose only a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered...
Pfizer-BioNTech to supply vaccine to COVAX scheme: Sources
Pfizer and BioNTech have agreed to be part of the World Health Organization (WHO) co-led the COVAX vaccine access scheme by supplying their COVID-19...
2021; Blockbuster Year for Global Pharma Giants
2021 is expected to become a blockbuster year for global pharma companies producing COVID-19 vaccines with giants Pfizer and Moderna set to gain lion's...
Pfizer vaccine may work against new virus variants: Study
The COVID-19 vaccine from US-based drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new...
Scientists unsure about vaccine efficacy on South African COVID-19 variant
As nations across the globe begin to finally roll-out a COVID-19 vaccine approved for its efficacy to tackle the pandemic, the scientific community is...
Pfizer vaccine gains WHO’s emergency use approval; Paves the way for...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that it has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, meaning that poorer countries will soon have...
Pfizer vaccinated US nurse gets COVID-19; Experts cite time for immunity
In what seems to be an odd event, Matthew W, a nurse in California, USA has been infected by the novel coronavirus just after...