Pfizer CFO & EVP of supply chain Frank D’Amelio has said there could be an opportunity to potentially hike up prices on its COVID-19 vaccine in a post-pandemic state. Speaking last week at the Barclays Global Healthcare Conference, D’Amelio revealed that the company is considering what will become of the vaccine situation, especially involving pricing, […]
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No clear link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden hearing loss
Sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss — sometimes referred to as sudden deafness — occurs in anywhere from 11 to 77 per 100,000 people per year in the U.S. There have been a handful of case reports of COVID-19 patients having such hearing loss, including a report in BMJ. But as more COVID-19 vaccines become available, […]
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine dramatically reduces death risk from COVID-19, study finds
Recent real-world data from the Israel Ministry of Health found that unvaccinated individuals were 29 times more likely to die due to COVID-19 complications than those who received two doses of the BNT162b2 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Also, those who were unvaccinated were 44 times more likely to contract symptomatic COVID-19. The data also suggest that the […]
Denmark is investigating reports of blood clots after AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations
The Danish Medicines Agency announced that it is investigating the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after reports of blood clots. In collaboration with the European Medicines Agency, the Danish Medicines Agency launched the investigation as it considers there to be a reason to look into the circumstances further after cases in which citizens developed blood clots shortly […]
Report: Biden to buy 100M additional doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccine
President Joe Biden is reportedly set to announce plans to purchase an additional 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) COVID-19 vaccine. An NBC News report said that Biden is set to announce the purchase of the single-dose vaccines on Wednesday, according to two officials from his administration. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Discovery […]
Baxter to make Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in US
Baxter announced that its Baxter BioPharma Solutions business will make Moderna‘s COVID-19 vaccine at its fill/finish sterile manufacturing facilities in Bloomington, Ind. The plan — announced yesterday — is for Baxter to make 60–90 million doses of the Moderna vaccine in 2021. “We have seen a remarkable demonstration of scientific and health care expertise in […]
Report: Biden to announce partnership for Merck to make J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine
President Joe Biden is reportedly set to announce a partnership in which Merck (NYSE:MRK) will make Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) recently approved COVID-19 vaccine. The Washington Post reported that the agreement between the two competitors will boost the supply of the single-dose vaccine from J&J’s Janssen subsidiary, which received FDA emergency use authorization last week. Get the full story at […]
FDA authorizes J&J’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine
Americans will start receiving Johnson & Johnson‘s COVID-19 vaccine within the next 24 to 48 hours, J&J CEO Alex Gorsky told NBC’s Today this morning. FDA issued an EUA for J&J’s Ad26.COV2-S vaccine on Feb. 27, a day after an advisory panel unanimously recommended that the agency authorize the vaccine for adults 18 and over. […]
Pfizer wins FDA nod to store COVID vaccine at normal freezer temps
The FDA announced today that it is allowing undiluted, frozen vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be transported and stored for up to two weeks at conventional temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers. The decision should allow for wider distribution of the vaccine to sites that do not have ultra-low temperature freezers. Get the […]
Is J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine linked to tinnitus?
In Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Phase 3 trial for the Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 vaccine, six vaccine recipients developed tinnitus or ringing in the ears. In five of those individuals, tinnitus had either resolved or was resolving. The condition was unresolved in the other trial volunteer. No placebo recipients developed the condition. Get the full story from Drug […]
Is COVID-19 herd immunity elusive or within reach?
Last year, herd immunity seemed like a comforting promise as researchers worked on dozens of COVID-19 vaccine candidates and a silver-lining to the rampant spread of the virus — the more people who got infected, the more natural immunity that would develop over time. There are now dissenting opinions about how the term relates to […]