The drugmaker's revenues fell 41 percent to $14.2 billion.

The drugmaker will complete its US$43bn buyout this week.

Berlin, Germany - Germany's BioNTech and US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Thursday announced "positive" results from initial trials of their combined mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 and influenza. Phase one and two trials of the vaccine had produced "robust immune responses" against both illnesses and showed a "safety profile consistent with the...

Deep-tech companies in the Middle East are facing challenges due to limited funding and inadequate R&D centers, leaving entrepreneurs seeking a more supportive ecosystem.

Deep-tech companies in the Middle East are facing challenges due to limited funding and inadequate R&D centers, leaving entrepreneurs seeking a more supportive ecosystem.

Pfizer announced in March its deal with Seagen.

Kariko, 68, and Weissman, 64, longstanding colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, have won a slew of awards for their research, including the prestigious Lasker Award in 2021, often seen as a precursor to the Nobel. In honoring the duo this year, the Nobel committee in Stockholm...

Adults and children over five require a single shot "irrespective of their Covid-19 vaccination history" while younger children may get "one or three doses depending on whether they have completed a primary vaccination course or have had Covid-19" the Amsterdam-based EMA said.

Profit fell on declining COVID-19 vaccine revenues.

While many hurdles remain and the 3D printer is likely years away from becoming available, experts hailed the "exciting" finding. The device prints two-centimeter-wide patches which each contain hundreds of tiny needles that administer a vaccine when pressed against the skin.

Moderna has accused Pfizer and BioNTech of copying its technology to make Comirnaty , alleging that the partners infringed on its patents in developing their Covid-19 shot. The lawsuits set up a high-stakes showdown between the makers of Covid vaccine, a key tool in the fight against the infection.

US drugmaker is in talks to buy Global Blood Therapeutics.

The company's earnings jumped on strong sales of Covid19 products.

Israel's health ministry approved Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations for its youngest children, an official said Tuesday, mirroring a move by the US to allow mRNA shots for those over six months old.

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos. "The time is now to begin closing this gap" between people with access to...

The drugmaker reported another round of strong earnings.

Pfizer reported another quarter of huge revenues growth because of its Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, but lowered the company's full-year profit forecast due in part to shifts in foreign exchange. The major American drugmaker reported revenues of $25.7 billion for the first quarter, up 77 percent from the year-ago period.

It has said a shot for multiple variants is coming by 2022-end.

Many richer nations are now approaching oversupply. European Union and G7 countries had a surplus of 497 million doses at the end of last month.

Two new studies have highlighted the importance of getting jabbed for those who have natural immunity after recovering from the disease.

Pfizer and BioNTech will soon ask US regulators for emergency authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five and under, US media reported Tuesday. This is the last age group in the United States that is not yet eligible for coronavirus shots. As early as Tuesday, the companies could...

Pfizer and BioNTech have begun enrollment for a clinical trial to test the safety and immune response of their Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine in adults aged up to 55.

Unilever has revealed ongoing interest in a consumer healthcare unit owned by GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer after a bid of £50 billion was refused.

According to researchers at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, new daily infections could rise to 15,000 or even 20,000 within the next 10 days. A total of almost 1.4 million cases of Covid infection, including 8,243 deaths, have been officially recorded in Israel.

Paxlovid, which comprises two types of tablet, was granted an emergency use authorisation by the Food and Drug Administration.

Seven jabs used as boosters against Covid-19 mostly produced a strong immune response, though results varied depending on the vaccine combination, a study said Friday.

A mild recovery from the previous two days' steep losses was turned on its head in the region on Tuesday after Moderna head Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times that existing vaccines might not be as effective against the new Covid strain owing to its multitude of mutations.

Bourla likened the situation to the scenario earlier this year when Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech developed a vaccine in 95 days against Delta which ultimately was not used.

The trio is estimated to make pre-tax profits of $34 billion this year: over $1,000 a second, $65,000 a minute, or $93.5 million a day.

Pfizer said Friday that a clinical trial of its pill to treat Covid-19 had shown it is highly effective, hailing it is as a big step toward ending the pandemic. 

The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine, US health authorities said Tuesday in a move hailed by President Joe Biden as a "turning point" in the fight against the pandemic.

Pfizer again lifted its 2021 profit and revenue outlook on Tuesday, bolstered by the latest surge in Covid-19 vaccinations, including regulatory approvals for boosters and shots for younger populations.

Molnupiravir is the top drug being developed by Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.

The study, which has not been peer reviewed, is based on the results of a survey by Britain's Office for National Statistics

US officials are considering whether a third dose should be the same type of vaccine as a person's first two

A Health Ministry statement said that of 4 million doses ordered from the pharmaceutical giant, 1 million have been received so far. The rest should be delivered in batches by the end of the year, it added. Health Minister Mai Al-Kaila had warned that the Palestinian territory was facing a...

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The UAE has decided to inoculate children between the ages of 3 and 17 with Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm. Children between 12 and 15 are aleady being inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine.

Much before the US begins to administer a third jab of the Pfizer/Biontech Covid-19 vaccine, Israel will start to give the booster shot to people over 60.

Children aged 12 will be given the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine only with the approval of a guardian and with no prior appointment necessary

Vaccine-for-vote system draws on practices that have seen leaders buy their way into the office  Of the 900,000 people who have received vaccines, nearly 60,000 benefited from party handouts Lebanon's cash-strapped leaders are bribing their base with free Covid-19 jabs ahead of next year's elections, in what observers say is...