The UK is expected to receive a total of 40 million doses by the end of 2021, enough to vaccinate up to a third of the population, with the majority of doses anticipated in the first half of next year
Pfizer and Moderna may have an initial advantage in dealing with manufacturing challenges, as their novel messenger RNA technology can be scaled up.
Britain formally asked its medical regulator, the MHRA, last week to assess the suitability of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
The price per dose of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V will be much lower than that of the vaccines of US drug giants Pfizer and Moderna, said the Russian vaccine's official Twitter account
The Astra vaccine costs a fraction of the price set by Pfizer; it should be easier to deploy far and wide than other shots.
Pfizer asked US regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID vaccine, starting clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic
The action comes days after Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech announced that its vaccine appears 95% effective at preventing Covid-19
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, was 90% effective in preventing infection during the phase 3 clinical trial, which enrolled 43,538 participants, with 30% in U.S. and 42% abroad
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(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech <22UAy.DE> could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed it had a 95% success rate and no serious side effects, the drugmakers said on Wednesday.
States and territories are prepared to begin distributing the vaccines within 24 hours of receiving regulatory authorization
Castillo says Pfizer is 'communicating with both sides' during the transition
The success rate of the vaccine developed by U.S. firm Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech is the highest of any candidate in late-stage clinical trials so far, and experts said it was a significant achieve
Pfizer and BioNTech said they plan to submit the data to other regulatory agencies around the world.
Even the front-runners among vaccine companies would take at least a few months to complete Phase-III trials and evaluate the efficacy and safety of individual vaccines
The companies said their vaccine protected people of all ages and ethnicities
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Federal health officials met with Pfizer representatives on as Brazil seeks to secure vaccine supplies
The Union Health Ministry said that the central government is examining all possibilities to extend cold chain facilities in case Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine needs to be procured