Keyword: COVID-19

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EU Approves Sanofi/GSK Covid Booster

11.11.2022 -

After several delays and restarts and a lengthy review by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Covid-19 vaccine called VidPrevtyn Beta developed by the French-British...

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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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Trinseo Mulls Multiple Plant Closures

24.10.2022 -

In response to what it describes as a “challenging macroeconomic environment” marked by continuing erosion of consumer sentiment in Europe and the lack of any meaningful...

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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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Merck Grants Sinopharm Rights to Covid Pills

04.10.2022 -

US drugs giant Merck & Co has granted Sinopharm exclusive import and distribution rights to its oral Covid treatment Lagevrio (molnupiravir) in China.

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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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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.