US plans Covid-19 booster shots at six months instead of eight: Report
By Administrator_India Capital Sands US health regulators could approve a third Covid-19 shot for adults beginning at least six months after full vaccination, instead of the previously announced eight-month gap, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Approval of boosters for three Covid-19 shots being administered in the United States include those manufactured by Pfizer and partner […]
Pfizer and Astra vaccines less effective after 90 days, says study
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands A British public health study has found that protection from either of the two most commonly used Covid-19 vaccines against the now prevalent Delta variant of the coronavirus weakens within three months. It also found that those who get infected after receiving two shots of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the AstraZeneca vaccine […]
Pfizer, Moderna raise prices for Covid-19 vaccines in European Union
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their Covid-19 vaccines in their latest European Union supply contracts, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The new price for the Pfizer shot was 19.50 euros ($23.15) against 15.50 euros previously, the newspaper said, citing portions of the contracts seen. The price of a Moderna […]
Pfizer vaccine not coming to India soon as trials yet to be conducted
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands While the UK government has cleared Pfizer-BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine for use in public, the same is unlikely to be available anytime soon in India. For one, US giant Pfizer’s India arm has not yet applied for conducting clinical trials here, according to sources, and secondly, the vaccine has stringent temperature requirements (-75 […]