COVID-19 vaccine

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Pfizer, BioNTech conclude Phase 3 study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, say it’s 95% effective

11:05 pm November 18, 2020

New York: Global drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Wednesday that their COVID-19 vaccine was found 95 per cent effective in the final analysis of the Phase 3 trial, including in people aged over 65 years, paving the way for the companies to apply for emergency authorisation from US regulators within days American pharmaceutical giant […]

IndiGo mulls dedicated freighter services amid expected surge in cargo transportation

3:21 pm October 18, 2020

Mumbai: The country’s largest carrier by domestic market share IndiGo is mulling launching dedicated freighter services amid an expected surge in cargo transportation, particularly to transport COVID-19 vaccine once it is available. The airline has already held preliminary-level discussions with European aviation major Airbus on the type of freighters that could be possibly put into service for dedicated freighter […]

Serum Institute pauses COVID-19 vaccine trials in India

5:44 pm September 10, 2020

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) on Thursday said it is pausing clinical trials of AstraZeneca Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country. Earlier this week, AstraZeneca said it had paused the trials because of ‘an unexplained illness’ in a participant in the study. However, SII on Wednesday said it was continuing with the […]

Protest versus Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine test shows fear

9:01 pm July 1, 2020

Johannesburg: Protesters against Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial burned their face masks Wednesday as experts note a worrying level of resistance and misinformation around testing on the continent. Anti-vaccine sentiment in Africa is “the worst I’ve ever seen,” the CEO of the GAVI vaccine alliance, Seth Berkley, told an African Union vaccine conference last week. “In general, people in Africa […]

European nations sign 400M-dose vaccine deal with AstraZeneca

11:26 pm June 13, 2020

London: Pharma giant AstraZeneca struck a deal Saturday with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, as efforts to boost manufacturing capacity continue at pace. The alliance, which was forged by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands to speed up production of a vaccine, is set […]