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Pfizer/BioNTech Bivalent Covid Booster Wins Approvals

10.11.2022 -

UK health regulator Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent Covid-19 vaccine for use as a booster in people...

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Omicron-targeted Covid Boosters may not be Better

28.10.2022 -

The newly launched bivalent mRNA-based Covid-19 booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech did not show a major improvement over the companies’ first-generation...

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EU Public Prosecutor Probes Vaccine Mega Order

20.10.2022 -

The European Public Prosecutors Office (EPPO) has confirmed that it is looking into the EU Commission’s ordering of Covid-19 vaccines, with the probe thought to pertain...

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Germany’s Merck Expands French Facility

12.09.2022 -

German science and technology company Merck has announced plans to invest more than €130 million at its site in Molsheim, France, to expand capacities for single-use...

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EMA’s CHMP Greenlights Omicron-1 Vaccines

06.09.2022 -

The human medicines committee (CHMP) of EU drug regulator European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval of the updated Covid-19 vaccines of Pfizer-BioNTech and...

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AstraZeneca CEO Goes “Off Message” on Covid Boosters

02.09.2022 -

Days before the FDA approved the new bivalent Covid-19 vaccine boosters, Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, offered his own assessment of the need for such.

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FDA Grants EUAs to Omicron-targeted Covid Shots

02.09.2022 -

As had been widely expected, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 31 granted emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to the new Covid-19 shots developed by mRNA...

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Moderna Says Pfizer and BioNTech Infringed Vaccine Patent

30.08.2022 -

BioNTech and Pfizer are facing another lawsuit claiming that their Comirnaty-branded Covid-19 vaccine infringes another company’s patent. The latest to sue is US rival...