Walmart Inc. WMT -0.59% The Department of Justice sued the federal government in an attempt to strike a pre-emptive blow against what it said was an opioid-related civil lawsuit. The retail company said in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration are seeking …
Read More »How Pfizer Partner Bioentech Coronavirus Vaccine Leads the Race
Mainz, Germany On a Friday in late January, Ugur Sahin received an email with bad news: A new study of a deadly new coronavirus in China suggests it is more contagious than previously thought. He believed the outbreak was likely to be an epidemic. The following Monday, the chief executive …
Read More »Volunteers infected with coronavirus in vaccine-effectiveness tests in the UK
LONDON – Researchers in the UK are planning the first of its kind to quickly gauge the effectiveness of multiple vaccines against Covid-19 by launching an infection of healthy volunteers with a tightly controlled dose of coronavirus in early 2021. The so-called humanitarian challenge plans target children aged 18 to …
Read More »CVS will employ 15,000 employees as it prepares more Covid-19 case vaccines
On October 14, 2020, at the CVS Pharmacy in Orlando, Florida, a sign-free advertising flu shot was found. Paul Hennessy | Nourphoto | Getty Images CVS Health said Monday it plans to immediately recruit 15,000 employees in preparation for the Covid-19 and the expected increase in flu cases this fall …
Read More »Pfizer will be able to apply for emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine in late November
Pfizer Inc. P.F.E. -0.84% Said it may be ready to apply for emergency-use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine by the end of November, believing that in late-stage human trials will yield positive efficacy and safety data, the first time it or any other leading Western vaccine developer This kind of …
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