Pfizer's Omicron BA.4/BA.5 vaccine recommended by CHMP

Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine ... against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 towards the end of August. Like the FDA, the CHMP has decided to recommend authorisation on clinical data with Pfizer's ... Read More

Pfizer/BioNTech ask FDA for EUA of Omicron bivalent vaccine in children 5+

and preclinical data from the companies’ 10-µg Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccine. Pfizer/BioNTech have also initiated a phase 1/2/3 paediatric study (NCT05543616, C4591048) on the ... Read More

FDA approves Pfizer-BioNTech’s Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted Covid-19 vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent Covid-19 vaccine ... Read More

Early BioNTech, Pfizer data suggests boosters may protect against Omicron infection

BioNTech and Pfizer are the first manufacturers ... “The new data from Pfizer on vaccine effectiveness against Omicron is encouraging,” U.S. President Joe Biden tweeted on Wednesday. Read More

BioNTech: Side Effects Won't Stop Covid Vaccine Trial With Pfizer

BioNTech’s CEO ... its goal to offer preliminary data on the vaccine’s effectiveness as soon as this month, Bloomberg reports. That might put it and Pfizer first in the continuing race to ... Read More

Pfizer Covid-19 Bivalent Vaccine And Stroke Risk: What You Need To Know

It’s not enough to conclude in any way that the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 bivalent vaccine somehow caused ... “This is Harry and he has some big news for all of you” or “This is Lori ... Read More

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Tests Well Against South African Variant

Pfizer and BioNTech ... further confidence in our vaccine’s overall effectiveness.” And Ugur Sahin, CEO of BioNTech, said, “These data also provide the first clinical results that a vaccine ... Read More

WHO receives data from the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had received data from Pfizer and BioNTech ... s top emergency expert, welcomed the news, adding: “We shouldn't stop, we need more than 3-4 ... Read More

Study shows third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is both safe and effective

Still, data ... 5 months. In short, the study has shown that the vaccine efficacy was more than 95% in preventing COVID-19 on top of residual protection from the previous two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech ... Read More

Pfizer CEO's Vaccine Message Sparks Attacks From Vaccine Skeptics

celebrated the three-year anniversary of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine passing safety trials. "Three years ago today, we were able to share with the world the joyous news that our #COVID19 vaccine was ... Read More

Moderna says bivalent vaccine appears to work against Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5

An updated version of Moderna’s Covid-19 booster shot appears to work against the fast-spreading omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, the company said in a news release Wednesday. The bivalent ... Read More