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Moderna to seek US, EU emergency vaccine authorisation Moderna said study showed no serious safety concerns Moderna has said it will apply for US and European emergency authorisation of its Covid-19 vaccine based on full results from a late-stage study showing its vaccine was 94.1% effective with no serious safety concerns. It also reported a 10...

Ireland to secure advance purchase order on 10M Covid vaccine doses IRELAND   Ireland now has a large enough pre-order capacity to vaccinate the country. Ireland has signed up for advanced purchase orders for more than 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The Government is bidding for doses through the EU system and now has capacity on pre-ord...

EU agrees deal for up to 160 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine   The Moderna deal will be formally approved by the EU executive tomorrow The European Union has reached a deal with US biotech firm Moderna for the supply of up to 160 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, the President of the European Commission has said. The dea...

Pfizer ends Covid-19 trial with 95% efficacy Updated / Wednesday, 18 Nov 2020 12:02 Vaccine was developed with German partner BioNTech Pfizer Inc said that final results from the late-stage trial of its Covid-19 vaccine show it was 95% effective, adding it had the required two-months of safety data and would apply for emergency US authorisation ...

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​What does the Moderna vaccine mean for the fight against Covid? Q&A: How does it work, is it safe, and how does it differ from Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine? about 22 hours ago Nicola Davis The Moderna vaccine is based on introducing genetic material, known as mRNA, into the human body. Photograph: iStock As promising results are released from a seco...

            Irish Time News Pfizer’s Upjohn spin-off completes merger with Mylan to form Viatris Viatris, formed through the merger of Mylan and the generics business of Pfizer, will start trading on Tuesday Pfizer completed the spin-off of its Upjohn unit into the new entity on Monday. The merged entity immediately becomes the largest player in...

Ireland could get two million doses of Pfizer vaccine if approved IRELANDBased on its population share, Ireland is in line to receive more than two million doses of the vaccine, if approved, under the terms of a collective supply deal being negotiated by the EU with Pfizer. As the Irish Times reports, a proportion of these doses could be made av...