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The efficacy of the Pfizer Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine (official name BNT162b2) might sustain against the newly-detected mutant strains from the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa, a group of U.S. scientists said in a research paper.The paper was published on the BioRxiv website for biology research on Thursday. The research was conducted by scientists from
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Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Kariko’s obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease once cost her a faculty position at a prestigious US university, which dismissed the idea as a dead end.
Read More The US green lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunizations would take place “in less
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FG testing Nigerians’ tolerance — Labour By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Federal Government said Monday that the latest increase in the pump price of petrol, also known as Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, was informed by the announcement by an American pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, of its recent breakthrough in the discovery of a vaccine against COVID-19. The
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The United States on Tuesday signed a $1.95 billion agreement with US pharma giant Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech for 100 million doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine, part of an aggressive push to start immunizing Americans early next year. It is the biggest deal to date under Operation Warp Speed, intended to accelerate the development,
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By Chioma Obinna PFIZER Incorporation and BioNTech have dosed first participants in the United State, US, in the Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the BNT162 vaccine programme to prevent COVID-19. The trial is part of a global development programme and the dosing of the first cohort in Germany was completed last week. The Phase
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The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Tuesday that a new coronavirus vaccine could be tested as early as next week — with the potential for emergency use by fall, a report said Tuesday. “This is a crisis right now, and a solution is desperately needed by all,” Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla told the Wall Street
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GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, world’s largest vaccine maker, has said there will be no mass coronavirus vaccine until late next year, just as Pfizer said its COVID-19 jab could be ready by this autumn (from September). Emma Walmsley, Chief Executive of GSK, said millions of doses would not be produced until the second half of 2021, ‘if
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Pfizer Inc’s (PFE.N) quarterly profit jumped almost 16 times compared to a year ago on Tuesday, as the largest U.S. drug maker booked an 11 billion dollars gain from the new tax law.
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Every year, October is dedicated as the month of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, BCAM, a global campaign designed to raise awareness on the prevalence of breast cancer in the society and the devastating impact the disease has on women, families, and communities worldwide.
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