Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech announced yesterday that they have signed a $ 3.2 billion (€ 3.6 billion) deal with the US government to supply 105 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine. The installments are expected to be delivered by the end of the summer. The deal includes a vaccine adapted to the Omicron variant, and […]
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CDC: Moderna vaccine carries a higher risk of heart disease at certain ages than Pfizer
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine may pose a higher risk of heart disease in some age groups than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today, citing recent data. The agency said, however, that the findings for myocarditis and pericarditis, an inflammation of the heart associated with both mRNA vaccines, were not […]
Coreper has started the evaluation of the request for use of a booster dose of the BioNTech / Pfizer vaccine in adolescents 12-15 years old
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has begun evaluating an application for Comirnaty booster dose (BioNTech / Pfizer vaccine) for adolescents aged 12 to 15 years. The application is also in progress for older adolescents aged 16 to 17 years. Booster doses in vaccinated people (ie in people who have completed their initial vaccination) are given […]
Bloomberg: Pfizer launches FDA approval of vaccine for children under 5
Pfizer Inc. and the German company BioNTech SE with which it cooperates have started the process of submitting data to the US drug regulatory authority with the aim of approving the administration of their coronavirus vaccine to children aged 6 months to 4 years. This is supported by sources cited by the Bloomberg agency, who […]
Coronavirus: Slightly fewer infections and hospitalizations with the Moderna vaccine than with Pfizer
Those who have been vaccinated against Moderna have a slightly lower risk of being infected with the coronavirus and being treated with Covid-19 compared with those who have been vaccinated with Pfizer / BioNTech, according to a new US study comparing . Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland School of Medicine, led […]
Israel: 4th dose of vaccine does not adequately protect against Omicron – General vaccination plan to be abandoned
LAST UPDATE: 11.47 A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine was not enough to stem the tide of Covid-19’s Mikron mutation, according to the first clinical trial in Israel released on Monday, according to Bloomberg. Two weeks after the study began on 154 medical staff at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, the […]
CDC: Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine protects children against Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
Vaccination with the Pfizer / BioNTech BD vaccine against coronavirus provides high protection against the rare but serious disease of children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, according to a report released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Multisystem inflammatory syndrome is a rare but serious clinical syndrome that occurs in children […]
British study: Protection of the third dose against Omicron weakens after 10 weeks
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus must be about 90% less severe than the Delta, in order to prevent a new large wave of hospitalizations in the winter, similar to the peak of previous waves, according to estimates by the Sage Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) of the British Government. This assessment, according to the […]
‘Green light’ from France and Belgium for vaccination of children aged 5-11 with Pfizer
The French High Regulatory Authority (HAS) today approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 for all children aged 5-11. The vaccine, which will be given to pediatric patients when it becomes widely available, has been shown to be very effective in children, said Liz Alter, one of the doctors tasked with assessing the risk of the […]
Pfizer and BioNTech to provide an additional 200 million vaccine doses in the EU in 2022
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech announced Monday that they have reached an agreement to provide an additional 200 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the European Commission and EU Member States in 2022. The two companies stressed that the 200 million installments will be added to the 450 million installments already scheduled […]