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Pfizer seeks to boost all adults with COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer and BioNTech will likely seek an emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a third dose of their mRNA vaccine for all US adults 18 and older, the Washington Post reports.

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Biden to deliver remarks on kids’ Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

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Saudi approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11

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What to know about Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11

final OK for youngsters age 5 to 11 to get kid-size doses of the vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech. Pediatricians and other doctors' groups praised the move and are gearing up to help families decide whether to vaccinate their children.Like COVID-19 vaccines for adults and teens, they are free.Here are some things to know:Yes, according to U.S.

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CDC to vote on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5-11

COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 as soon as Wednesday after a panel of outside experts votes on Tuesday on how broadly the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) should recommend its use in the age group.The U.S.

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CDC panel to vote on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11

WASHINGTON - An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is meeting Tuesday to discuss and vote on whether to recommend Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to meet from 11 a.m.

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Pfizer ups covid-19 vaccine forecast as sales more than double

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B.C. parents urged to register kids for COVID-19 vaccine as U.S. green lights Pfizer

Provincial health officials are encouraging parents to get their children registered for a COVID-19 immunization, as one of the three major vaccines inches towards approval in Canada. Kristen Robinson reports.

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Why did Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines get new names after approval? Experts explain

COVID-19 vaccines were given their full stamp by Health Canada — a stamp that came with new names for the vaccines, as well.In a tweet Thursday morning, Canada’s health agency announced the new names, with Pfizer’s vaccine now being known as “Comirnaty,” Moderna’s jab as “Spikevax” and AstraZeneca’s shot would be called “Vaxzevria.”(3/4) These are only name changes. There are no changes to the vaccines themselves.— Health Canada and PHAC (@GovCanHealth) September 16, 2021“These are only name changes.

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Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines receive full approval along with new brand names

Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have now received full approval from Health Canada. Part of the process includes giving the vaccines new names.

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Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines get full Health Canada approval — and new names

COVID-19 vaccines have been given the full rubber stamp, after receiving full Health Canada approval for anyone aged 12 and older on Thursday.Pfizer and Moderna’s jabs were first authorized for use months ago. That green light, however, was under an interim order that allowed for a speedy rollout of the vaccines to try to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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U.S. to donate 1 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, says Harris

The United States will donate one million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, Vice-President Kamala Harris told Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính in Hanoi on Wednesday.

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Delta variant weakens protection from Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: study

COVID-19 vaccines against the now prevalent Delta variant of the coronavirus weakens within three months.It also found that those who get infected after receiving two shots of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the AstraZeneca vaccine may be of greater risk to others than under previous variants of the coronavirus. Travellers double up on COVID-19 vaccine as Delta variant spreads through U.S.

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Pfizer says US govt buying 200 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech said on Friday the U.S. government had purchased an additional 200 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of doses to be supplied to the country to 500 million.

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Toronto scaling up Moderna COVID-19 vaccines as Ontario prepares for Pfizer delay

COVID-19 vaccine to compensate for a delay in shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech shots to Ontario.The city says the province’s anticipated weekly Pfizer vaccine shipment of more than 162,000 doses destined for Toronto immunization clinics will be delayed.

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US purchasing 500M more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to share globally

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.President Joe Biden was set to make the announcement Thursday in a speech before the start of Group of Seven summit.

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Approval for Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 vaccines under consideration: Govt

Covid-19 vaccines, said Dr VK Paul, member (health) of Niti Aayog. "Approval to Pfizer and Moderna is under consideration," Paul said.

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Brazil ignored Pfizer’s offers of COVID-19 vaccine for months last year, company says

Pfizer repeatedly offered to sell its COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil’s Health Ministry between August and November last year, but got no answer from the government, Pfizer’s chief executive for Latin America told lawmakers on Thursday.A Senate commission is investigating whether President Jair Bolsonaro’s government mishandled the pandemic by failing to secure vaccines in time to curb a surge that has killed more than 430,000 Brazilians — the worst COVID-19 death toll outside the United States. Brazil detects 1st case of South Africa COVID-19 variant as deaths skyrocket Pfizer executive Carlos Murillo said that on Sept.

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'Stressed' Italian nurse accidentally gives 4 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in single shot

ROME - A nurse at a hospital in Italy accidentally gave a 23-year-old woman four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine all at once, though the patient didn’t suffer any apparent adverse reaction, according to news reports. The incident was reported Sunday at a hospital in the town of Massa in northwestern Tuscany. Italian health authorities initially said the woman had received six doses, but later clarified on Tuesday that it had actually been four doses of the vaccine, the Agence France-Presse reported.The Pfizer vaccine is packaged as a concentrate that must be diluted with saline solution.

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Samsung BioLogics to produce Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine: Report

Pfizer Inc to begin production of the US drugmaker's Covid-19 vaccine in South Korea as early as in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Wednesday.The biotech arm of Samsung Group has been revamping production lines at its plant in Songdo to produce the Pfizer vaccine, which was jointly developed by BioNTech, the Korea Economic Daily said.The plant can make up to 1 billion doses per year, the report said, quoting an unnamed high-level government official.Samsung BioLogics and Pfizer were not immediately available for comment.

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NIH begins study of rare allergic reactions to Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

WASHINGTON - The National Institutes of Health said Wednesday it has started a study to better understand why some people have suffered severe allergic reactions immediately after receiving the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors such reports of severe allergic reactions — which are very rare.

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Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works for at least 6 months

NEW YORK – Pfizer says its vaccine continues to be effective against COVID-19 up to six months later.

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COVID-19 vaccine is 91% effective in updated data, protective against South African variant: Pfizer

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Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is safe in kids as young as 12: What you need to know

PHILADELPHIA - Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall."As a parent, I would like to wait to see what’s going on until it’s proven that it’s really safe for the kids," said Iwan Soetiono.He is undecided about whether he’d let his 12-year-old son Peter who he says has special needs get the shot when available. Even if it would be a step forward in getting more kids back in school in the fall. "I would like my kid to go back to school again in person so they can socialize with other kids but on the other side but I’m still concerned about social distancing and about the

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Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine effective for kids aged 12-15

The COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer produced with BioNTech is 100 per cent effective in children aged 12 to 15, according to a press release from the pharmaceutical giant. As Eric Sorensen explains, while no shot has been approved for use for this age bracket yet, the preliminary results of the clinical trial are raising hopes for the future.

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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine found effective in teens, will seek approval

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Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine protects younger teens

Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall.

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Canada expecting 1M Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses a week until early May

COVID-19 vaccines will funnel into the country this spring, with the federal government confirming a significant increase from Pfizer-BioNTech.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada will receive at least one million doses from Pfizer per week — between March 22 and May 10. Pfizer says its vaccine is 94 per cent effective in preventing asymptomatic infection “That’s a million doses of Pfizer alone every seven days,” Trudeau said at a press conference.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“That’s going to make a big difference.”The influx is more than double the 444,600 doses expected next week.

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Some medical experts say one-shot regimen for Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines not enough

LOS ANGELES - Following the recent emergency approval by U.S. regulators for a coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson which contains a single-dose regimen, some medical experts are saying one dose isn’t enough for full protection against COVID-19. "You would be flying blind to just use one dose," said one senior scientist and adviser to President Joe Biden told the Wall Street Journal.

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Over 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses expected to arrive in Canada this week

COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month.The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country will receive nearly 445,000 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech for the second week running as the companies settle into a rhythm following a lengthy lull in January and much of February.The remaining 465,000 shots are expected from Moderna, as the pharmaceutical firm steps up its delivery schedule from once every three weeks to once every two.

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Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines may offer high efficacy in elderly

Both the Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduce severe illness, hospitalization, and death in older adults and offer protection against the B117 variant, suggests a real-world, observational, non–peer-reviewed study from the United Kingdom.

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North Korea hacked Pfizer in bid for Covid-19 vaccine data, Seoul says

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Japan expected to approve Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine soon

Japan's health minister says the efficacy of Pfizer vaccine was endorsed by a ministry panel, paving the way for a final approval within days.Health Minister Norihisa Tamura says a formal approval is expected Sunday. The vaccine is already administered in the US and many other countries since December.Also Read | India speeds up vaccination driveVaccines are considered key to holding the delayed Olympics this summer.

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Pfizer requests S Korea approval of COVID-19 vaccines ahead of Feb rollout

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Coronavirus: N.S. administers 8,520 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as Canada facing additional Pfizer vaccine shortages

Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang said on Tuesday that as of Jan.

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Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis After Receipt of the First Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 14–23, 2020

View author affiliations)Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that occurs rarely after vaccination.During December 14–23, 2020, monitoring by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses); 71% of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination.Locations administering COVID-19 vaccines should adhere to CDC guidance for use of COVID-19 vaccines, including screening recipients for contraindications and precautions, having the necessary supplies available to manage anaphylaxis, implementing the recommended postvaccination observation periods, and immediately treating

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US FDA probing 'about five' allergic reactions to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine against COVID-19, Peter Marks, the director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research said."It's fair to say that there have been a few allergic reactions reported from different states of the union. I think that the total that is under investigation is roughly about five," Marks said during a media call late on Friday.The FDA official said that one component of the vaccine, polyethylene glycol, may be the cause of the allergic reactions seen in both the United Kingdom and the United States following the launch of mass inoculation programs.More than a week ago, two medical professionals in the United Kingdom suffered an allergic reaction after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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Saudi Arabia begins inoculating people with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines

RIYADH : Saudi Arabia began inoculating people in the kingdom with a Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, becoming the first Arab country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.Saudi Arabia received two shipments of the vaccine on Wednesday.Earlier this week, health authorities asked citizens and residents to register to receive the vaccine, which they said would be given free to all in the country.Also Read | Finally, good news on white-collar jobsThe kingdom has reported around 360,000 cases coronavirus case with 6,080 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Pfizer workers cheer as first COVID-19 vaccines are shipped from U.S. facility

A network television video feed from a Pfizer Inc facility in Kalamazoo, Mich., showed workers preparing to dispatch the first shipments of its COVID-19 vaccine Sunday morning, launching the largest and most complex vaccine distribution project ever in the United States.

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UK Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine rollout: Britain begins Covid vaccination programme

Covid-19 vaccine developed jointly by the American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech.

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Coronavirus vaccine: Pfizer's jab approved for use in UK and will be available from next week

A Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for use in the UK, paving the way for mass vaccination to start.

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Coronavirus vaccine: Pfizer applies for EU emergency authorisation for its Covid-19 jab

With coronavirus cases around the world now at over 63 million, scientists have been working around the clock to develop a vaccine.

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US starts mass air shipment of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Wall Street Journal.United had sought permission to carry more dry ice than is typically allowed on flights to maintain the extremely low temperatures required to prevent Pfizer’s vaccine from spoiling.The airline has reportedly been granted special permission by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to fly with increased quantities of dry ice, to keep the vaccine cold.Pfizer's vaccination must be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Canada could approve Pfizer's vaccine 'around December'

Covid-19 vaccine "around December," about the same time as the United States and the European Union, a senior official at Canada's drug regulator said.Health Canada earlier had said that an approval would likely come early in the first quarter, under a new accelerated review process very similar to that in place in the United States, reports a news agency.Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine is most advanced in Health Canada's reviews, Supriya Sharma, senior medical adviser at Health Canada, said at a press briefing in Ottawa.Asked whether any Canadians could receive a shot before the end of the year, Sharma said several things are happening at the same time - regulatory reviews, manufacturing, distribution - which makes it difficult to pinpoint

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Covid vaccine: Pfizer modifies protocol for trials to include 12-15 year olds

accine against the new coronavirus, this time to include more young participants. The company said that it's received permission from the Food and Drug Administration to include adolescents aged 12 through 15 in its global COVID-19 vaccine study.US-based Pfizer originally planned for 30,000 participants, but in September expanded that to 44,000 people.Canadian health authorities will start a real-time review of Pfizer's covid vaccine that it is developing with Germany's BioNTech SE.

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UK enters supply agreement for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.The UK Government has signed an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech for the supply of 30 million doses of the companies’ mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162. Neither company divulged financial details of the deal, but the terms were said to be contingent on the delivery timing and the volume of doses.

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