Tag: Pfizer

Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:16 UTC
Brazil will sign non-binding letters of intent for Covid-19 vaccines with four companies and Russia's sovereign fund

Brazil's health ministry said on Sunday it will sign non-binding letters of intent to purchase coronavirus vaccines from four companies and Russia's sovereign wealth fund, adding that any purchase will depend on the approval of the nation's regulators.
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Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:48 UTC
Pfizer wants emergency distribution of its vaccine simultaneously in US, Europe and Latin America

US drugmaker Pfizer Inc is hoping to rapidly roll out its experimental COVID-19 vaccine around Latin America soon after it gets emergency authorization in the United States, a senior executive said, which could be as early as next month.
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Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:36 UTC
FDA to meet December 10 to decide emergency use of Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's outside advisers will meet on Dec. 10 to discuss whether to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech for emergency use, the agency said on Friday.
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Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:24 UTC
Dr. Fauci blessings to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines

The United States' top infectious disease official said that two coronavirus vaccines being tested were “solid”, and that the speed at which they were developed has not compromised safety or integrity.
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Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:34 UTC
Pfizer offers Brazil millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine; record acceleration of contagion in the country

Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it had offered to provide Brazil with millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in the first half of 2021, amid evidence the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in South America's largest country.
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Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:41 UTC
The RNA “messenger” would be the key to the functioning of the Pfizer vaccine

Europe's leading stock exchanges traded steadily on Tuesday after Monday's euphoria when they were boosted by the announcement of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is 90% effective thanks to a new technology called 'Messenger Ribonucleic Acid' or messenger RNA.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Pfizer vaccines for Argentina should be arriving in December, president Fernandez

Argentina President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday his country could receive 750,000 doses of an eventual coronavirus vaccine from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc in December, a glimmer of hope as cases in the South American nation show signs of receding following months of quarantine.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 13:56 UTC
Biggest pharmaceutical deal in history criticized by US political presidential hopefuls

US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The takeover could allow Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Allergan's Dublin base.
Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 17:59 UTC
Pfizer agrees to pay 491m dollars to settle illegal marketing of Rapamune

US drug-maker Pfizer has agreed to pay 491 million dollars to settle a probe into illegal marketing of a drug by Wyeth, a firm it had acquired in 2009. The case revolved around Rapamune, a drug prescribed to prevent rejection of transplanted kidneys.
Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 05:45 UTC
Viagra Patent Expires June 20, Rules Brazilian High Court

Brazil's High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that the Brazilian patent for the drug Viagra is due to expire June 20.