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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 vaccine, which targets ...

16 Aug 2022 at 11:49

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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 pharmaceutical ...

21 Jul 2022 at 12:13

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 ...

14 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Jabs for children aged five to 11 ‘may reduce risks of a new variant’

Vaccines for children aged five to 11 “may reduce the risks children may face in a possible future wave of this or another variant”, one expert has said. Experts on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) ...

16 Feb 2022 at 21:25

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

Around 30,000 Covid patients treated with ‘cutting-edge’ anti-viral drugs

Around 30,000 vulnerable Covid-19 patients in England have been treated with highly effective “cutting-edge” antiviral drugs which improve symptoms “within hours”, according to the NHS. The health service said it had ...

09 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Children ‘excited’ to get jabs amid rollout for vulnerable five to 11-year-olds

Children say they are “excited” to get vaccinated as vulnerable five to 11-year-olds become eligible for their first Covid-19 jab. Some 500,000 children in the age bracket, who are either most at risk of Covid-19 or ...

30 Jan 2022 at 01:25

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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 ...

30 Dec 2021 at 19:55

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” ...

31 Dec 2021 at 15:25

World

Pfizer begins study of Covid jabs updated to match Omicron variant

Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original Covid-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious Omicron variant. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study on Tuesday. ...

25 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Pfizer Covid jab approved for use in vulnerable primary school children

The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in vulnerable primary school children. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) updated its advice after the UK’s ...

22 Dec 2021 at 18:13

World

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 ...

22 Dec 2021 at 19:33

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