Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effective against B.1.1.7 variant from UK
Research has demonstrated that the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can neutralise the B.1.1.7 variant in pre-clinical studies.
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Research has demonstrated that the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can neutralise the B.1.1.7 variant in pre-clinical studies.
Over a six year period, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is expected to lead inoculation sales, generating $30 billion.
Despite the stringent storage conditions required for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the need for a return to normal life has levelled the playing field for all candidate prophylactics against SARS-CoV-2.
Pfizer and BioNTech's data on BNT162b2, their COVID-19 vaccine, has been published in a new scientific paper, demonstrating its 95 percent efficacy rate.
Following reports of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine causing anaphylaxis, the MHRA has said those prone to allergic reaction should not receive the jab.
According to the alliance, 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in 10 people against COVID-19 next year after rich countries bought up most prophylactics.
An independent review has outlined the achievements of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, finding it worked "at great pace" to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to patients.
A 90-year old woman is the first person to receive BNT162b2, the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, outside of clinical trials.
The UK's MHRA has given temporary emergency authorisation to Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first in the world to receive approval.
After purchasing an additional two million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, the UK will now receive a total of 357 million doses of vaccines from seven developers.
Both the UK and US have said that, if approved, the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine could be administered to people as early as December.
The COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, has demonstrated over 90 percent efficacy in its first interim analysis during its Phase III trial.
The companies and European Commission will soon enter contract negotiations for the supply of their investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2.
The BNT162b2 mRNA-based vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech will enter Phase have II/III clinical trials to test its safety and efficacy against COVID-19.
An agreement between the US government and Pfizer and BioNTech will have the companies produce an initial 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with the potential for 500 million more.