(Reuters) – The rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, much of the world’s disease, depends on defeating the epidemic, with India suspending vaccine exports on Thursday and Europe discussing its own export restrictions. India has temporarily seized all major vaccine exports from the Anglo-Swedish company’s India Serum Institute (SII), the world’s …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating five allergic reactions people received this week after administering the Covid-19 vaccine to Pfizer Inc. and Bionettech SE in the United States, a senior FDA official said late Friday. File photo: Pharmacy Manager Leren Ren Sue showing the …
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By Alexandra Alper, Humera Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday fired China’s top chipmaker, SMIC. And oil giant CNOC. Added to the alleged blacklist of Chinese military companies, with President-elect Joe Biden likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before taking office. The Department of Defense appointed a …
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File photo: The European Union salutes the flag on August 21, 2020, outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Rears / Yves Herman / File photo (Reuters) – EU regulators are compiling a “hit list” of as many as 20 major Internet companies, including potential Facebook, Apple Plus, Amazon …
Read More »Pfizer says coronavirus vaccine studies show mostly mild to moderate side effects
File photo A man walks past a sign outside Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan Borough on July 22, 2020, in New York City, New York, USA. Ritter / Carlo Alegre (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc. P.F.E.N. Participants mostly showed mild-to-moderate side effects when given placebo in the company’s experimental coronavirus vaccine or …
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