The medtech industry hit further highs in the market last week and the stocks show no sign of stopping their ascent now. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — finished last week at 97.62 (Nov. 6), marking a 7.3% leap from the 91.01 points registered at the […]
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Pfizer expects to apply for COVID-19 vaccine EUA in late November, CEO says
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) chairman & CEO Albert Bourla penned an open letter today setting an expected timeline for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The vaccine candidate, being developed in collaboration with BioNTech (NSDQ:BNTX), is among the top COVID-19 vaccines currently undergoing Phase 3 clinical trials and nearing potential regulatory authorization, should they prove safe and effective. Once the company […]
What are the top COVID-19 vaccine candidates?
As of yesterday, five COVID-19 vaccine candidates had begun Phase 3 clinical trials as they seek to determine the safety and efficacy of their formulas. Researchers worldwide are testing 132 COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including 42 that are in clinical trials on humans and at least 92 in preclinical or animal trials, according to the New […]
Pfizer touts animal trial results for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced today that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate protected against infection in preliminary non-human trials. The vaccine, being developed in collaboration with BioNTech (NSDQ:BNTX), was tested in mouse and non-human primate models. In the non-human primate study, the BNT162b2 mRNA-based vaccine candidate protected rhesus macaques against SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a news release. Get the full story […]
Drug companies agree not to release COVID-19 vaccine until it’s ready
Executives from nine different drug companies today announced a pledge to ensure safety with a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The CEOs of AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN), BioNTech (NSDQ:BNTX), GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Merck (NYSE:MRK), Moderna (NSDQ:MRNA), Novavax (NSDQ:NVAX), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and Sanofi (NYSE:SNY), all of whom are developing vaccine candidates, all signed the pledge, which vows to “uphold the integrity of the scientific process” […]
Oxford researchers report positive early trial results for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Researchers at Oxford University say early-stage results from a Phase I/II clinical trial of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate display safety and strong immune responses. Results, published in The Lancet, revealed that the vaccine is safe, causes few side effects and induces strong immune responses in both parts of the immune system in the fight against COVID-19, […]