MNC drug body OPPI names S Sridhar as president
S Sridhar is currently Pfizer's commercial business in India15-02-2021
15-02-2021
UK hits 15 mn Covid vaccination milestone, expands drive to cover over-65s
The UK on Sunday achieved what Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed as a "significant milestone" as 15 million people received at least their first of two jabs to protect against COVID-19. The news came as the National Health Service (NHS) confirmed that its vaccination programme will officially expand further from Monday, inviting all over-65s and clinically vulnerable groups to receive their jabs. "It has been a truly national, UK-wide effort. We have done it together, Johnson said in a video message from Downing Street. "And in England, I can tell you we have now offered jabs to everyone in the first four priority groups, the people most likely to be severely ill from coronavirus, hitting the first target we set ourselves," he said, declaring that the government's target to cover all the designated top four priority groups of over-70s and frontline health and care workers with at least one of the two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines by the middle of February ha14-02-2021
Japan health panel recommends approval of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
Health Minister Norihisa Tamura says a formal approval is expected Sunday12-02-2021
US secures 200 million more doses of Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines
The United States has secured an additional 200 doses of Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday (local time)."Just this afternoon, we signed the final contracts for 100 million more Moderna and 100 million more Pfizer vaccines. We're also able to move up the delivery dates with an additional 200 million vaccines to the end of July, faster than we expected and in further good news both companies agreed and we're now contractually obligated to expedite delivery of 100 million doses that were promised by the end of June to deliver them by the end of May," he said in an address to the National Institutes of Health.He also informed that the US is on track to have a vaccine supply for 300 million Americans by the end of July."Within three weeks, round the clockwork with so many people standing behind me and in front of me, we've now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans, and now we're working to get those vaccines into the arms ..12-02-2021
Buy Pfizer India; target of Rs 5655: Anand Rathi
Anand Rathi is bullish on Pfizer India has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 5655 in its research report dated February 08, 2021.11-02-2021
World Coronavirus Dispatch: WHO findings seen as a win for China
Thailand's special quarantine plan for golfers, Pfizer jab seen reducing viral load in Israel, Japan sees rise in female suicides and other pandemic-related news across the globe10-02-2021
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can neutralise UK, South Africa variants
The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, noted that the vaccine is effective against coronavirus variants carrying the N501Y and E484K mutations09-02-2021
India Coronavirus Dispatch: What sero surveys say about urban-rural divide
Public sharing of coronavirus genome data, using community-based health infra, why Pfizer withdrew its emergency-use request-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-1907-02-2021
India's expert panel rejects Pfizer's application for Covid-19 vaccine
Cites serious adverse events06-02-2021
Pfizer Q3 net profit up 1.56% at Rs 141 crore
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 139.06 crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, Pfizer said in a filing to BSE.05-02-2021