The Covid-19 pandemic has irrevocably altered the world’s connection with vaccinations, spurring tremendous production and innovation while leaving poorer countries behind. AFP examines the current situation as World Immunization Week approaches. Vaccines for more than 20 life-threatening diseases prevent between two to three million deaths a year, according to the World Health Organization. Until Covid-19, … Read more
FRANKFURT: German vaccine-maker BioNTech on Wednesday reported a multi-billion-euro windfall in 2021 from sales of its anti-coronavirus jab, developed together with US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Mainz-based BioNTech said it made a net profit of 10.3 billion euros ($11.5 billion) last year, up from 15 million euros in 2020, the first year of the pandemic. The … Read more
BERLIN, Jan 5, 2022 (AFP) – Germany’s BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer, which partnered up to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in record time, said Wednesday they are working on a shingles vaccine using the same breakthrough mRNA technology. The companies have signed a partnership deal and are aiming for clinical trials to start in the … Read more
