Innovation is No Longer a Male Domain, African Women Leaders Tell AHAIC 08/03/2021 Chandre Prince Innovation has, until recently been a male-dominated preserve, but a group of women pioneers speaking at the Africa Health Agenda International Conference on Monday told of how the right mindset and a desire to improve lives has helped change the landscape. Speaking during a virtual panel discussion on Women in Innovation: Providing leadership, creating solutions […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Universal Health Coverage: Only Half of Africans Have Access to Health Care 08/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Less than half of Africa’s citizens (52%) – some 615 million people – have access to the healthcare they need, the continent’s quality of health services is generally poor and the family planning needs of half the continent’s women and girls are unmet. This is according to a report on Africa’s progress toward achieving universal […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Fewer African Women Infected by COVID-19 Than Men, Says WHO 05/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa account for a slightly smaller proportion of Covid-19 infections and deaths than men although a health expert cautions that access to testing and reluctance to being treated in hospitals could mean that women’s cases are undercounted. Unveiling findings of a preliminary analysis of COVID-19 gender-specific epidemiological data in 28 African countries, the […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Universal Health Coverage: Only Half of Africans Have Access to Health Care 08/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Less than half of Africa’s citizens (52%) – some 615 million people – have access to the healthcare they need, the continent’s quality of health services is generally poor and the family planning needs of half the continent’s women and girls are unmet. This is according to a report on Africa’s progress toward achieving universal […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Fewer African Women Infected by COVID-19 Than Men, Says WHO 05/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa account for a slightly smaller proportion of Covid-19 infections and deaths than men although a health expert cautions that access to testing and reluctance to being treated in hospitals could mean that women’s cases are undercounted. Unveiling findings of a preliminary analysis of COVID-19 gender-specific epidemiological data in 28 African countries, the […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Universal Health Coverage: Only Half of Africans Have Access to Health Care 08/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan Less than half of Africa’s citizens (52%) – some 615 million people – have access to the healthcare they need, the continent’s quality of health services is generally poor and the family planning needs of half the continent’s women and girls are unmet. This is according to a report on Africa’s progress toward achieving universal […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Fewer African Women Infected by COVID-19 Than Men, Says WHO 05/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa account for a slightly smaller proportion of Covid-19 infections and deaths than men although a health expert cautions that access to testing and reluctance to being treated in hospitals could mean that women’s cases are undercounted. Unveiling findings of a preliminary analysis of COVID-19 gender-specific epidemiological data in 28 African countries, the […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Fewer African Women Infected by COVID-19 Than Men, Says WHO 05/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa account for a slightly smaller proportion of Covid-19 infections and deaths than men although a health expert cautions that access to testing and reluctance to being treated in hospitals could mean that women’s cases are undercounted. Unveiling findings of a preliminary analysis of COVID-19 gender-specific epidemiological data in 28 African countries, the […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Offers To Play ‘Matchmaker’ For Pharma Companies to Close Vaccine Production Gaps 05/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are hosting a summit next week with governments and pharmaceutical companies to address the bottlenecks in COVID-19 vaccine production and delivery. This follows a spectacular start in the past week for COVAX, the global vaccine delivery platform, which delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> Fewer African Women Infected by COVID-19 Than Men, Says WHO 05/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa account for a slightly smaller proportion of Covid-19 infections and deaths than men although a health expert cautions that access to testing and reluctance to being treated in hospitals could mean that women’s cases are undercounted. Unveiling findings of a preliminary analysis of COVID-19 gender-specific epidemiological data in 28 African countries, the […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Fewer African Women Infected by COVID-19 Than Men, Says WHO 05/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Women in Africa account for a slightly smaller proportion of Covid-19 infections and deaths than men although a health expert cautions that access to testing and reluctance to being treated in hospitals could mean that women’s cases are undercounted. Unveiling findings of a preliminary analysis of COVID-19 gender-specific epidemiological data in 28 African countries, the […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
AstraZeneca Vaccine Sharply Reduces Symptomatic COVID-19 In Older Adults; India’s ‘Covaxin’ Vaccine Reported To Be 81% Efficacious – First Interim Analysis 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults by up to 70%, says a new Public Health England (PHE) study – which offers the first real-world evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing serious disease among older adults, following its approval by UK and European regulatory agencies. Findings about the efficacy […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts