AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine is 70% effective
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 23/11/2020
Pfizer/BioNTech to seek emergency use approval for virus vaccine
AFP - United States - 20/11/2020
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech confirmed they will apply Friday for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine, becoming the first to do so in the US as the pandemic rages around the world.
The announcement had been expected for several days after the…
Vaccine will not be enough to stop pandemic: WHO chief
AFP - Switzerland - 16/11/2020
The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic.
The pandemic is raging months after it broke out, with infections soaring past 54 million and claiming more than 1.3 million lives.
“A vaccine…
Moderna says Covid-19 vaccine 94.5% effective
AFP - United States - 16/11/2020
US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was 94.5 percent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the vaccine hunt.
Moderna released early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants, after US…
Vaccinate the future
Plataforma - Portugal - 16/11/2020
The news we all expected was given in the past few days. PFizer and BioNTech, associated companies in search of a vaccine against Covid-19, announced that by the end of the year they will have one, with 90% effectiveness.
There are other vaccines on the way that may have…
Poorer nations face vaccine wait as West locks down supply
AFP - France - 15/11/2020
Hailed this week as a pandemic game-changer, the new Covid-19 vaccine offered countries that had pre-ordered doses a potential escape from a cycle of lockdowns and new waves of sickness and death
But while richer nations plan their vaccination programmes through the end…
European Medicines Agency expects vaccine distribution from January
Lusa - Italy - 14/11/2020
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) hopes to give a favorable opinion on a first vaccine against the new coronavirus “by the end of the year” to be distributed “from January”, said its director today.
“If the data is solid, we can give the…
Pfizer CEO won 4.7 million shares on the day the Covid-19 vaccine was announced
Dinheiro Vivo - Portugal - 12/11/2020
The CEO of Pfizer sold 132,508 shares on the same day it was announced that the vaccine that this pharmaceutical company is developing has shown 90% effectiveness
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold 60% of his shares in the North American pharmaceutical company, for a total of…
EU could see first Covid-19 jabs in "early 2021"
AFP - International - 12/11/2020
The first vaccinations in the European Union against Covid-19 could happen in the first three months of 2021 under an optimistic scenario, the EU health agency chief told AFP on Wednesday.
“I think optimistically first quarter next year, but I can’t be more…
Russia seeks accelerated WHO registration for virus vaccine
AFP - Russia - 27/10/2020
Russia has applied to the World Health Organization for accelerated registration and prequalification of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday.
Russia announced in August it had registered the world’s first…
There are 200 candidates for vaccines against Covid-19 in the world competition
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 24/10/2020
There is still no vaccine approved for use in the population that fights Covid-19. Dozens of immunizers are being tested, coming from different countries and using different technologies.
Follow the global race for the vaccine, according to data from the World Health…
