The success of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine trial may help persuade more people to get vaccinated amid a surge in new coronavirus cases, according to Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease physician. The Pfizer vaccine, developed in collaboration with BioNTech SE of Germany, has “an extraordinarily high degree of efficacy: …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 15, 2020 11:44:36 pm Collecting swabs for rapid Covid-19 testing at a municipal dispensary in Deonar in Mumbai (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19): After Pfizer, another US drugmaker, Moderna Inc, is likely to release the first …
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2020 has been a long wait for the pandemic to finally end, and with the Pfizer crisis COVID-19 vaccine may finally be close. Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, who have dedicated their lives to finding cures for infectious diseases and cancer, helped develop the COVID-19 vaccine than by Pfizer. …
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There is not much information available on India’s Covid-19 vaccine game plan. We know – HT’s Saubhadra Chatterji broke that story – that there is a vaccine committee. We also know that this committee is talking to various vaccine developers. And we know that states have been asked to prepare …
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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective in protecting people from Covid-19 based on interim test results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow rushes to keep pace with drug makers. Westerners in the rush for an injection. The results from Russia are just the second in …
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Pfizer’s price may be too high for many developing nations, including India. When Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine rolls off production lines, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. will be waiting to distribute it through a complex and expensive system of airport warehouses, refrigerated vehicles, and inoculation points in …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan, Anil Sasi | New Delhi | Updated: November 11, 2020 7:14:52 am Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE are the first drug manufacturers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. While Pfizer and BioNTech await sufficient safety data In late …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 10, 2020 3:43:25 pm The company’s first interim efficacy analysis indicates that the vaccine may demonstrate efficacy against Covid-19. (Reuters) The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer has launched preliminary data from late-stage human trials of the Covid-19 …
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement on Monday that the vaccine they have jointly developed is 90% effective in preventing coronavirus infections in Phase 3 trials ongoing. On Twitter, Dr. Tedros said: “We welcome the encouraging vaccine news from @pfizer …
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Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 29, 2020 12:09:08 am A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad (AP) With the results of late-stage clinical trials by two Covid-19 vaccine pioneers, Moderna Inc and Pfizer, …
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