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How Pfizer won the pandemic, reaping outsize profit and influence

Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News
Updated as of Jul 11 03:09 PM

The grinding two-plus years of the pandemic have yielded outsize benefits for one company — Pfizer — making it both highly influential and hugely profitable as covid-19 continues to infect tens of thousands of people and kill hundreds each day. Read more »

EU watchdog reviews Pfizer jab adapted for omicron

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 16 03:24 PM

Europe's medicines watchdog has started to review an adapted version of Pfizer's anti-COVID jab to better protect against variants of the virus. Read more »

Pfizer COVID jab for under-fives effective with 3 doses

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 10:45 AM

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine is safe and effective when given as 3 doses to children under 5 years, the companies said. Read more »

Pfizer eyes COVID jab for all variants before 2023

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 08:17 AM

A COVID-19 vaccine effective against multiple variants is possible before the end of 2022, the head of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Wednesday. Read more »

Experts on yearly COVID vaccination: Not so fast

Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News
Posted at Mar 31 01:25 PM

The vaccines’ protection against COVID infection generally wanes within several months in all age groups. Read more »

Pagbabakuna kontra COVID-19 sa edad 5-11 umarangkada na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 09:41 PM

Umarangkada ngayong Lunes ang pagbabakuna kontra COVID-19 sa mga batang may edad 5 hanggang 11. Read more »

PH eyes vaccination of kids 5 to 11 early next month

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 02:51 PM

The Philippines is eyeing to administer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shots to children 5 to 11 years old by early next month, an official said Friday. Read more »

CDC advisory panel in favor of Pfizer vaccine booster for ages 12 to 15

Michael Erman, Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 08:57 AM

A panel of outside experts advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday voted to recommend booster shots of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine be made available to 12- to 15-year-olds. Read more »

Mahigit 300-K Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine na binili ng pamahalaan, dumating na

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 11:15 PM

Dumating na ang karagdagang 367,380 doses ng COVID-19 vaccines, Martes ng gabi. Read more »

Vaccine rollout for kids aged 5-11 may start Jan - FDA

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 11:55 AM

The Philippines may begin administering COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 in January, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Read more »

FDA approves Pfizer COVID jab for kids age 5 and above

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 06:16 PM

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use of children 5 years old and above, its chief said Thursday. Read more »

100 vials of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine wasted in Iloilo: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 07:38 PM

Some 100 vials of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in Iloilo were wasted due to power interruption as Typhoon Odette pummeled Visayas and Mindanao over the weekend, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Heart attack patients with COVID have lower survival rate, says study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 09:55 AM

The odds of surviving a heart attack are significantly lower when a person also has COVID-19, even though such patients tend to be generally younger than typical heart patients, a new study found. Read more »

Pfizer jab antibodies gone by 7 months for many: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 11:22 AM

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Read more »

FDA warns public vs COVID vaccines sold online

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 01:54 PM

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against buying coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna sold on online selling platforms and social media. Read more »

Pfizer says its COVID jab safe for children aged 5-11

Michelle Fitzpatrick, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 08:23 PM

Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday said trial results showed their coronavirus vaccine was safe and produced a robust immune response in children aged five to 11. Read more »

Pfizer study shows vaccine efficacy wanes over 6 months

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Aug 20 03:02 AM

They didn’t recommend booster shots but noted clinical trials are underway on safety and effectiveness of a third jab. Read more »

US FDA eyeing to give final approval to Pfizer vaccine by early September -report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 10:09 AM

The US Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give full approval for the Pfizer COVID vaccine by early September, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing people involved in the effort. Read more »

Over 350,000 more doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 27 06:50 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - More than 350,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Monday, as the country scrambles against the threat of the more contagious Delta variant. Read more »

Two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant, study finds

Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 07:06 AM

Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study published on Wednesday showed. Read more »