The announcement by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) could speed up the process of approving a successful vaccine in the bloc
Pfizer's German development partner BioNTech on Thursday joined other leading Covid-19 vaccine developers in ruling out participation in British plans to test experimental inoculations
J&J became the fourth vaccine maker to move its candidate into late-stage human studies in the US
'Pfizer's doing really well', Trump said in an interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested Pfizer Inc could secure the first U.S. approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks, saying a contender by Johnson & Johnson could come later.
The companies, Moderna and Pfizer, revealed details about how participants are being selected and monitored
Pfizer's clinical trial protocol outlines for the company, scientists and regulators how the drugmaker could show that its vaccine meets efficacy and safety standards set by USFDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have to approve the change in the Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial before it goes into effect
The promise to play by established rules underlines a highly politicised debate over what action is needed to rein in Covid-19 quickly and to jumpstart global business and trade
Biotech firm BioNTech said on Monday it widened an ongoing pivotal global study of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate to include testing in its home country of Germany
The companies said the vaccine was well tolerated with mild to moderate fever in fewer than 20% of the participants
The Cambridge, Massachusetts, biotech's $1.5-billion deal pays out in full if its vaccine receives regulatory clearance by January 31, 2021
It is one of several RNA vaccine candidates that are being studied in parallel for selection to advance to a trial of their safety and efficacy
Moves by the US and UK to secure supplies from Sanofi and partner GlaxoSmithKline Plc, and another pact between Japan and Pfizer Inc., are the latest in a string of agreements
BioNTech and Pfizer on Monday began a large, late-stage trial of their vaccine candidate to demonstrate its efficacy
The move pushes the New York-based pharmaceutical giant and its German partner closer to bringing a vaccine to market, and places them alongside frontrunners like Moderna Inc
The report comes at the start of a busy week of US pharmaceutical earnings, with investors focusing on updates on the development of vaccines and treatments for the pandemic
The study is expected to include about 120 sites globally and could include up to 30,000 participants. It will include regions heavily impacted by Covid-19
Revenue stood at Rs 514.89 crore against Rs 544.40 crore for the same period a year ago
The companies will not receive any money from the government unless their vaccine succeeds in large clinical trials