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Covid-19 vaccine ‘reduces infections in children’ – study

A single dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine can reduce infections among children, a new study suggests. And if a child gets Covid-19 after being vaccinated they are “likely to have a milder disease”, researchers from King’s College London and ZOE ...

14 Mar 2022 at 12:55

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Unilever sees future in health and beauty after £50bn bid for GSK unit revealed

Unilever has said that its future lies in health, beauty and hygiene businesses after its £50 billion bid for GSK’s consumer unit was revealed over the weekend. The business said that it wants to move towards these areas, which bring much higher ...

17 Jan 2022 at 09:55

UK approves ‘life-saving’ Pfizer antiviral to help at-risk Covid patients

The UK has become “one of the first in the world” to approve the use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral after it was found to help prevent the virus from multiplying in at-risk sufferers. A potentially “life-saving” treatment called Paxlovid has ...

31 Dec 2021 at 15:25

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Israel approves fourth vaccine dose for people vulnerable to Covid

Israel has become the first country to approve a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to Covid-19 as it braces for a wave of infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. Nachman Ash, the director general of the Health Ministry, ...

30 Dec 2021 at 19:55

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Pfizer and Flynn fined £70m for overcharging NHS for epilepsy drugs

Drugmakers Pfizer and Flynn have been fined almost £70 million after they overcharged the NHS for a life-saving epilepsy drug, the competition watchdog has announced. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the two ...

21 Jul 2022 at 12:13

Government ‘confident’ people will get ‘bivalent’ jab in booster programme

The Government has said that it is “confident” that people will be able to get a new bivalent Covid-19 jab as part of the autumn booster programme. The UK became the first country in the world to approve Moderna’s bivalent ...

16 Aug 2022 at 11:49

Pfizer makes medicines available on non-profit basis to poorer countries

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said it will provide all of its patented medicines on a non-profit basis to some of the world’s poorest countries. Forty-five low and lower-middle income countries around the world will have ...

25 May 2022 at 10:45

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US health body authorises Pfizer drug as first pill against Covid-19

US health regulators have authorised the first pill against Covid-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited milestone comes as US cases, ...

22 Dec 2021 at 19:33

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Moderna sues Pfizer for 'copying their technology' to produce vaccines

Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drug manufacturer BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine. Moderna said Pfizer and ...

27 Aug 2022 at 13:33

Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine

Moderna is suing US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement over the company’s Covid-19 vaccine. The US vaccine maker said it had filed patent infringement lawsuits ...

26 Aug 2022 at 16:57

Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech Covid vaccine patent dispute heads to 2024 trial

A High Court battle between rival developers of Covid-19 jabs over patents for vaccine technology is set to be heard in London next year. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and drug manufacturer BioNTech are locked ...

16 Feb 2023 at 17:01

Cancer vaccine could be available by 2030, say scientists behind Covid jab

Cancer vaccines could be accessible to patients within the next decade, the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful Covid jabs has said. German couple Professors Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci ...

16 Oct 2022 at 11:59

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