The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines appear to protect against Covid variants B.1.617 and B.1.618 first identified in India, researchers have reported in a new pre-print paper
US FDA has expanded emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to include adolescents 12 to 15 years of age
Extending 2nd dose interval increases the peak antibody response 3.5-fold
An advisory panel of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday (local time) recommended the use of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15
The study found no cases of Covid-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared to 18 among kids given dummy shots
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)authorised the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12-15 for the prevention of Covid-19
Sri Lanka is the first country in South Asia to approve the Pfizer vaccine
Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said in a statement that the companies are aiming to win full regulatory approval in the coming months
Previous research suggested that B.1.1.7 is more infectious and more deadly than other variants, but that vaccines still worked well against it
People who received the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a US hospital had dramatically lower symptomatic and asymptomatic infections compared with their unvaccinated peers, according to a study
If approved, the vaccine will be the first fully approved Covid-19 shot and could help ease vaccine hesitancy due to longer-term data required for an FDA approval
Pfizer will likely seek the US Food and Drug Administration's emergency authorisation to administer its coronavirus vaccine among children between the ages of 2 and 11 in September, media reports
This is reflecting new contracts with governments around the world trying to halt the pandemic through rapid vaccination.
'We are currently discussing with the Indian government an expedited approval pathway to make our Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine available for use in the country,' says Pfizer CEO in a LinkedIn post
Global pharma major Pfizer is sending its medicines worth USD 70 million from its distribution centres in the US, Europe and Asia
Protection against coronavirus seen from about 14 days after vaccination
Govt should remove uncertainty about next phase of vaccination
With millions of lives at stake amid a rapid spread of Covid-19, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said he hoped President Joe Biden would call the Pfizer CEO to let India produce its vaccine
The Russian vaccine has six times lower infection rate than Pfizer's
Two govt officials said New Delhi is now leaving it up to states, companies to sign deals with foreign drugmakers while it buys in bulk most of the output of local producers - SII and Bharat Biotech