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South Africa offered a discount on Covid-19 vaccines – but government says it’s still too much

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE offered to supply South Africa with their Covid-19 vaccine at a discounted $10 a dose, yet the president’s office still described…

New Year’s Resolutions and Vaccine Distributions

New Year’s Resolutions and Vaccine Distributions, Stocks: SNOW,ABNB,DASH,AMZN,NFLX,DASH,ZM,PFE,MRNA,JNJ,AZN, release date:Jan 04, 2021

The IMX Score Rebounded In December, Demonstrating Growing Optimism Around Economic Recovery

TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index (IMX) — a monthly behavior-based index that indicates the attitude of retail investors — rebounded …

TD Ameritrade Investor Movement Index: IMX Score Rebounds as Markets Hit December Highs

As markets soared, TD Ameritrade clients added to positions in Health Care and Industrials and upped broad-based market exposure with net buying in U.S. Stock ETFs and Mutual Funds
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb says Covid vaccine eligibility should be expanded now to deliver more shots

“You need to stockpile something,” the former FDA chief told CNBC on Monday. “But putting away 50% of all the doses, I think, is denying more people access.”

Covid-19 Vaccines Are in High Demand, but Thousands More Workers Are Needed to Make Them

Contract-manufacturing companies working with Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca to accelerate the global availability of coronavirus shots are struggling with a shortage of their own—the staff to meet the production push.

UK rolls out Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as it battles against Covid surge

The U.K. is to start rolling out the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Monday.

Vietnam says to buy AstraZeneca vaccine, in talks with other producers

Vietnam has agreed to buy 30 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca Plc, the government said on Monday, adding that authorities are also seeking to purchase vaccines from other sources, including Pfizer Inc. The Southeast Asian country has previously agreed to get a Russian vaccine though also said it would not rush to secure vaccine deals, citing the potential for high financial costs and after managing to contain its coronavirus outbreaks to only 1,494 cases, with 35 deaths. The AstraZeneca and Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine is cheaper than some others and can be stored at fridge temperature, which makes it easier to transport and use, particularly in developing countries.

The Newsmaker we didn’t wish for

A virus brought chaos and disruption in 2020. Michigan business and health care leaders stepped up.

Israel Vaccinates More Than 10% of Its Population in Two Weeks — Update

By Dov Lieber

TEL AVIV — Israel has inoculated nearly half of its most at-risk citizens and more than 10% of the population in two weeks as authorities accelerate a Covid-19 vaccination drive… | January 3, 2021

Brazil, under mounting pressure, eyes emergency use for AstraZeneca vaccine

By Gabriel Stargardter and Eduardo Simes RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO -Brazil will soon weigh emergency-use approval for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after Britain gave…

Attention Biotech Investors: Mark Your Calendar For January PDUFA Dates

Year-end reviews by the Food and Drug Administration produced mostly positive outcomes, with most therapies passing the regulatory hurdle without …

India Approves Its First Emergency-Use COVID-19 Vaccine

Some 300 million people in India are set to get the vaccine made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
What Happened: India, which has a population of 1.35 …

Pfizer, BioNTech to administer COVID-19 vaccine to volunteers who received placebo

Trial participants who received the placebo will have two doses of the investigational vaccine reserved for them within the study, the companies said on the website

Pfizer and BioNTech to offer COVID vaccine to volunteers who got placebo

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Syringes to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at a nursing home in Burgbernheim

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India drug regulator approves AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, country’s first – sources

NEW DELHI — India’s drug regulator on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with…

Pfizer Backs Two-Dose Shot Schedule as U.K. Spaces Out Shots

(Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc. said the second dose of its Covid-19 vaccine should be delivered to individuals within the recommended 21-day period, calling into question a decision by the U.K. to space out the dosing regimen.

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AstraZeneca vaccine set to become first to get approval in India: Sources

The decision would pave the way for the vaccine’s rollout in the world’s second-most populous country which, after the United States, has the highest number of COVID-19 infections in the world.

Drugmakers To Hike Prices For 2021 As Pandemic, Political Pressure Put Revenues At Risk

Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc hiked prices on 15 drugs, including Austedo, which treats rare neurological disorders, and asthma steroid Qvar, which together grossed more than $650 million in sales in 2019 and saw price hikes of between 5% and 6%., , sanofi, pharmaceutical, pfizer, revenues, drugmaker

Pandemic Exits 2020 With Record Cases Across Globe: Virus Update

(Bloomberg) — One year after a mysterious pathogen first revealed itself in Wuhan, China, the Covid-19 pandemic enters 2021 with no signs of slowing down. Global daily deaths reached record highs this week, while U.S. infections approached 20 million, twice as many as second-worst hit country India.