Pfizer

13 January 2022, South Korea, Cheongju: A worker checks boxes containing Paxlovid, COVID-19 treatment pills developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., at a distribution center in the central city of Cheongju. The first batch of Paxloivd for 21,000 people arrived in South Korea earlier in the day. Photo: -/YNA/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

EU regulator gives Pfizer pill for Covid-19 green light

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/27/22

Possible side effects include impaired sense of taste, diarrhoea, high blood pressure and muscle pain

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Vaccine manufacturers start trials of Omicron variant jab

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/26/22

Pfizer/BioNTech announced that they had already started the production of an Omicron-adapted vaccine that will be ready for commercialization in March

05 December 2021, United Kingdom, London: A health worker holds a vial containing Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine. People are urged to get a COVID-19 booster jab to limit the spread of the Omicron variant. Photo: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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CORONAVIRUS

Study suggests 3 doses of Pfizer Covid vaccine ‘neutralizes Omicron’

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/9/21

Experts said this showed that booster doses could offer good protection against Omicron

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CORONAVIRUS

Pfizer agrees to license Covid-19 medicine to poor countries

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/16/21

The licences should give manufacturers in 95 countries - home to 53% of the world's population - the right to produce the drug

Vials of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are displayed at a vaccination clinic at Winter Springs High School. As of 10 September 2021, 54% of Florida's population has been fully vaccinated. Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

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CORONAVIRUS

EU regulator set to decide on Pfizer/BioNTech booster shot next month

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/24/21

The EMA plans to announce its decision in early October

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CORONAVIRUS

Study: Pfizer booster raises Covid-19 protection for seniors

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/16/21

There were more than 10 times as many proven infections and almost 20 times as many severe illnesses among people with two jabs than among people who had received a third shot

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CORONAVIRUS

Sweden phases out use of AstraZeneca vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/23/21

Some of the remaining AstraZeneca doses will be donated

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VACCINATION

Finland aims to vaccinate all children over 12 years of age

The Nomad Today 7/1/21

THL says the efficacy of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine "has been found to be excellent" among young people aged 12-15

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CORONAVIRUS

Children 12 and up can get Pfizer jab, says EU regulator

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/28/21

The EMA says the vaccine is safe for children and seems to be effective in helping them resist infection.

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

EU drug agency wants to decide on vaccine for children this month

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/12/21

The process could be accelerated due to progress in the evaluation phase.

03 May 2021, Australia, Perth: A nurse holds up a syringe containing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Claremont Showground centre during a mass vaccination campaign. Photo: Richard Wainwright/AAP/dpa

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LINKED WITH BLOOD CLOTS

EU contract with AstraZeneca on Covid-19 jabs to run out in June

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/9/21

On Saturday, the EU Commission struck a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech to buy up to 1.8 billion additional doses until 2023.

19 November 2020, Spain, Malaga: A man walks past the Pfizer pharmaceutical company headquarters in Malaga. Photo: Álex Zea/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

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VACCINATION

Study gives hope that Pfizer vaccine could prevent infection

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/22/21

The vaccine is "highly effective" in preventing coronavirus infections, says a draft of the study, conducted by Pfizer and BioNTech together with the Israeli Health Ministry.

HANDOUT - 08 January 2021, Belgium, Brüssel: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech. Photo: Etienne Ansotte/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

EU doubles vaccine order, allows extra dose from vial

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/8/21

EU states are hoping that vaccinating enough of the population will ensure herd immunity, though the exact target rate differs from country to country. For example, France is aiming for 60%, and…

HANDOUT - 26 December 2020, North Rhine-Westphalia, ---: Employees of logistics companies work on the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine which arrived at the central warehouse of North Rhine-Westphalia. The vaccine, which is filled into small vials, must be stored at minus 70 degrees. Photo: Mark Hermenau/Staatskanzlei des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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VACCINATION

First batch of coronavirus vaccines has arrived in Finland

The Nomad Today 12/26/20

Like most EU countries, Finland has scheduled the first vaccinations for Sunday 27 December.

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CORONAVIRUS

Alaska health care worker hospitalized over presumed vaccine reaction

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/17/20

The health worker's allergic reaction comes after two health workers in Britain also suffered from adverse reactions.

15 December 2020, US, Ann Arbor: Health care workers receive the Pfizer Inc./BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Michigan Medicine. Photo: Dominick Sokotoff/ZUMA Wire/dpa

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CORONAVIRUS

EU decision on vaccines brought forward after calls for haste

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/15/20

The European Commission would have to give final approval to any EMA recommendation, though that is generally considered a formality.

08 December 2020, Northern Ireland, Belfast: A person holds a phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history. Photo: Liam Mcburney/PA Wire/dpa

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CORONAVIRUS

EU agency says Covid-19 vaccine approval goes as quickly as possible

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/14/20

Unlike the US and Britain, the EU does not grant emergency authorization for vaccines, meaning they must pass the usual tests.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Britain green-lights Pfizer vaccine in Covid-19 breakthrough

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/2/20

The go-ahead from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) paves the way for Pfizer and BioNTech to begin delivering doses "immediately" to the country.

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CORONAVIRUS

Pfizer and BioNTech apply for EU approval of Covid-19 vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/1/20

This puts the companies neck and neck with US firm Moderna, which also applied to the EU regulator for the conditional approval of its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.

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CORONAVIRUS

AstraZeneca and Oxford say Covid-19 vaccine 70% effective

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/23/20

US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have announced that their drug is 95% effective, and that there were no safety concerns.