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Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine shows 73% efficacy in children under 5 years

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was 73 per cent effective in protecting children ages 6 months through 4 years during the time when the Omicron strain was highly prevalent, Pfizer has announced

Pfizer's Covid vaccine 73.2% effective in kids under 5, shows new data

The updated data showed 13 children had Covid, at least seven days after receiving a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, compared with 21 cases among those who received a placebo

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla tests positive for Covid, with mild symptoms

Albert Bourla said Monday that he started taking Pfizer's Paxlovid pill treatment and is isolating while he recovers

Pfizer's managing director S Sridhar to take an early retirement

Over the past 14 years, Sridhar has led a number of key leadership positions in Pfizer, including serving as the Chief Financial Officer for a period of eight years

EU regulator begins review of Pfizer-BioNTech's variant-adapted Covid shot

The so-called bivalent vaccine targets two strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind COVID

Flush with cash, Pfizer buys Global Blood Therapeutics in $5.4-bn deal

Pfizer has been on the lookout for acquisitions that could bring in billions in annual sales by the end of the decade

Pfizer buying spree continues with $5.4 billion hematology deal

Pfizer also announced in April a smaller acquisition to buy the privately held ReViral Ltd., which is developing a treatment for respiratory syncytial virus

Pfizer India Q1 profit falls 83% to Rs 33 crore, revenue down 21%

The drug firm said exceptional items for June quarter comprised Rs 130 crore on account of a voluntary retirement scheme and Rs 6 crore for restructuring to drive business transformation.

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Biden feeling well, isolating after rebound case of Covid: WH doctor

'Given his rebound positivity which we reported yesterday, we continued daily monitoring. This morning, unsurprisingly, his SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing remained positive,' the physician said

Covid: Paxlovid rebound can be contagious even with no symptoms, says study

US President Joe Biden, who first tested positive for Covid-19 on July 21, before receiving his negative testing results, earlier this week, has tested positive again in a "rebound" case

Nasal sprays will be essential to tackle emerging Covid-19 variants: Study

Researchers noted that the widely available Covid-19 vaccinations keeping the majority of the population free from serious illness will not be enough to stop the spread of the virus and its variants.

Moderna to advance two Omicron vaccine candidates against newer variants

Moderna said its decision to develop the bivalent vaccines was based on different market preferences for shots against the subvariants.

US donates 33,600 doses of Pfizer's pediatric Covid vaccine to Bhutan

The US government on Sunday delivered 33,600 doses of Pfizer's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan. The US embassy in India said the vaccine doses were supplied as part of President Joe Biden's commitment to helping countries around the world to deal with the pandemic. It said these "safe and effective" pediatric vaccine doses will protect the lives of children in Bhutan and help stop the spread of COVID-19. "As part of President Biden's commitment to donate COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries around the world, the US government has delivered 33,600 doses of the Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan, in partnership with COVAX and the Bhutan Foundation," it said in a statement. USAID's Mission Director to India and Bhutan Veena Reddy said, "The US is committed to a global COVID-19 response because it makes us all stronger and safer -- Americans and Bhutanese alike." "The USAID is proud to work with the Royal Government of Bhutan and our partner, the Bhutan Foundation, to del

USFDA authorises pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer's coronavirus pill

Use of the pill which is now authorized to treat newly infected, at-risk people to prevent severe illness, has however jumped in recent weeks as infections rise

Omicron-targeting Covid vax shows high immune response: Pfizer & BioNTech

A booster dose of the Omicron-adapted bivalent candidates conferred a 9.1 and 10.9-fold increase in neutralising antibodies against Omicron BA.1, that was circulating last winter

Covid vaccines prevented 20 million deaths in first year of rollout: Study

While more than 7 million deaths were likely averted in countries covered by Covax, the WHO-backed distribution program, the research nonetheless highlights the devastation caused by uneven access

FDA opens way to Covid-19 vaccine for children under five: Report

Pfizer's is already authorized for those over the age of 5

Pfizer's Covid vaccine safe and effective for kids under 5: US FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that kid-sized doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appear to be safe and effective for children under 5-years-old