Coronavirus vaccine
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Pfizer, BioNTech Submit Emergency Vaccine Authorization Request to FDA
Allowing the world to breathe a sigh of relief after the numbing drumbeat of bad news in 2020, pharmacological companies Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Friday that they have submitted a request for emergency authorization to begin distributing a...
Greek News
Pfizer Announces Vaccine 94% Effective in Seniors, Seeks Emergency Authorization
In the most recent blockbuster findings on the ongoing coronavirus vaccine trials, the US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer stated on Wednesday that its vaccine is "94% effective on those over 65."
This demographic is the one at most risk for contracting...
Greek News
Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine 95% Effective, According to Early Data
In another hugely important piece of coronavirus news after last week's bombshell revelation that the Pfizer company's vaccine had proven to be 90% effective, on Monday Moderna announced that its own vaccine has shown so far that it has...
Greek News
President Trump Touts Operation Warp Speed, Says Vaccine May Be Delivered in 2020
In a late afternoon press conference in the Rose Garden outside the White House on Friday, President Trump spoke about Operation Warp Speed, the US government's program which had as its aim the production of a coronavirus vaccine by...
Greece
A Greek to Save the World: Who is Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla?
The much-anticipated discovery of the coronavirus vaccine brought to the limelight the name of Pfizer's Chairman and CEO, Albert Bourla.
Greek News
Thessaloniki Native, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourlas Says Coronavirus Vaccine Progressing
Thessaloniki native Albert Bourlas, who originally studied as a veterinary doctor in Greece, is now spearheading the fight to produce a coronavirus vaccine for Pfizer, the American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City.
One of the world's largest pharmaceutical...
Europe
Oxford-Astra Zeneca Vaccine Trials Resume After Brief Pause
Scientists and many others across the world expressed relief this week after trials were restarted last Saturday for the Oxford University--Astra Zeneca coronavirus vaccine.
Slated to be released around the end of this year, hundreds of millions of doses of...
Greece
Greek Ministry of Finance Will Pay for Coronavirus Vaccinations
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras stated on Thursday that the country has put funding in place to cover the costs associated with the coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, potentially at the end of this year.
Earlier on Thursday, the...
Business
EU Commission, German Firm to Provide 225 Million Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine
In the second major announcement on Thursday regarding the availability of a coronavirus vaccine in Europe, the European Commission and the German firm CureVac stated that they were in the process of creating an agreement to deliver at least...
Europe
British Pharmaceutical Firm AstraZeneca Promises 400 Million Coronavirus Vaccines
According to a statement released by the British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, the firm has promised to deliver 400 million doses of the Oxford University-created coronavirus vaccine currently undergoing trials.
The firm announced it had signed an agreement with the European...