After several delays and setbacks, Novavax (NVAX) finally filed an EUA request for its Covid-19 vaccine with the FDA at the end of January. Given precedents and the company’s recent comments, Jefferie...
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Moderna reaches preliminary agreement to build Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in Africa
A health official prepares a syringe with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine prior to administering it during a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive in Nairobi on September 17, 2021. Simon Maina | AFP | Getty Im...
New Jersey will end omicron health emergency, NYC to lift indoor vaccine mandate
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks to volunteers as he meets with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during the gubernatorial election in Newark, New Jersey, November 2, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters New Jer...
Pfizer, Moderna project $51 billion in combined vaccine sales this year
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Pfizer and Moderna expect $51 bill...
NVAX Stock Shrugs Off Slow Covid Vaccine Sales, Guidance
Novavax‘s (NVAX) highly anticipated Covid vaccine lagged sales expectations in its first quarter on the market, but NVAX stock turned around early losses Tuesday. X The vaccine won its first aut...
Pfizer Covid vaccine was just 12% effective against omicron in kids 5 to 11, study finds
Nora Gossett, 7, reacts as she receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Sophia Jan, MD, while her father Jeff Gossett, MD, holds her hand at Cohen Children’s Medical Center as vaccines...
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Face a New Rival as GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Prepare to Enter the Ring
As new Covid-19 cases fall, the postpandemic vaccine market grows more interesting. On Wednesday, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, two of the world’s largest vaccine makers, said they would submit a Covid ...
Moderna Stock Surges On Q4 Earnings Beat, 2022 Vaccine Sales Boost
Updated at 10:06 am EST Moderna (MRNA) – Get Moderna, Inc. Report shares surged Thursday after the drugmaker posted must stronger-than-expected fourth quarter earnings, while boosting its full-...
Healthcare Is Slowly Moving Out Of Hospitals & Into Homes
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has reshaped society’s understanding of ideal healthcare delivery. During the height of the pandemic and amidst sweeping social isolation measures, billions of people...
Moderna Stock Crash Worsens Even After Morgan Stanley Says Flu Vaccine Results Could Boost Shares
Topline In a glimmer of hope for one of this year’s worst-performing stocks, Morgan Stanley analyst Matthew Harrison projected incoming results for one of Moderna’s flu vaccine candidates would likely...
Moderna Stock Crash Steepens—But Expert Declares Incoming Flu Vaccine Results Could Show ‘Superiority’
Topline In a glimmer of hope for one of this year’s worst-performing stocks, Morgan Stanley analyst Matthew Harrison projected incoming results for one of Moderna’s flu vaccine candidates ...
Amazon’s Growth In Healthcare Is Unparalleled
Earlier this month, famed tech and e-commerce company Amazon announced that it will be expanding its in-person healthcare model nationwide, as demand for the retail giant’s healthcare services is surg...
UK to roll out additional vaccine shot for over 75s, vulnerable people
A member of the military vaccinates a woman at the COVID-19 mass vaccination centre at Pentwyn Leisure Centre on February 3, 2021 in Cardiff, Wales. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images ...
Uber In Portugal Is Now Offering Home Healthcare Visits
Internationally renowned transportation app Uber is now expanding far beyond its original premise based on ride-sharing. Its latest venture entails providing comprehensive healthcare services, a bold ...
Walmart May Soon Become The Largest Primary Care Provider In The Country
Over the years, Walmart has proven time and again its deep-rooted resilience, ability to adapt, and commitment to innovation. For decades now, the company has been known as a retail powerhouse, consis...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Asks To Reevaluate Vaccine Mandate Keeping Unvaccinated Kyrie Irving Sidelined
Topline National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver questioned a New York City Covid-19 vaccine requirement Wednesday that bars Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving from playing in home games ...
Pfizer’s CEO, a former veterinarian, used a high-risk strategy to make vaccine history
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla isn’t afraid of taking risks — and it’s paid off in big ways for the pharmaceutical and biotech giant. When Bourla took over as Pfizer’s leader in 2019, he took a high-risk, h...
FDA plan to fast-track Pfizer vaccine for kids under 5 fails
Parents of children under 5 will have to wait until at least April to get their kids vaccinated against Covid-19, after the Food and Drug Administration and Pfizer this week abruptly delayed plans to ...
Canadian Truckers Raise $880k in Bitcoin, Protest Against Vaccine Mandate
A collective named as “Freedom Convoy” composed of truckers from Ottawa, Canada, has raised roughly 21 BTC, worth $880,000 at current prices. The amount was crowdsourced from 4,877 donors,...
Appeals Court Won’t Immediately Reverse Block Of Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate
Topline An appeals court left in place a national block on President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees Wednesday, declining to overrule a lower court ruling that halted a key ...
Growing sales as Covid vaccine demand fades
CVS Health will face a new challenge in the coming year: proving to investors it can drive growth and retain customers, even as demand for Covid vaccines and testing fades. Shares were down more than ...
Johnson & Johnson Halts Production Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine: NYT
Reuters GM plans six-fold increase in 2022 electric truck, SUV production -sources General Motors Co plans to increase production of electric trucks and Cadillac sport utility vehicles this year by mo...
Novavax’s stock falls after Reuters report saying COVID-19 vaccine shipments are delayed in some regions
Shares of Novavax Inc. NVAX, -14.58% tumbled 12.2% in trading on Tuesday after a Reuters report said there are delays shipping the company’s COVID-19 vaccines to Europe and the Philippines in th...
Johnson & Johnson plant pauses Covid vaccine production, report says
Syringes and a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The only Johnson & Johnson facility currently making usable batches of the companyR...
Pfizer Triggers $28 Billion Stock Plunge After Warning Covid Vaccine Sales May Disappoint This Year
Topline Despite skyrocketing revenue from the sale of Covid-19 vaccines, shares of Pfizer plunged Tuesday morning after the pharmaceutical giant issued worse-than-expected revenue guidance for this ye...
Pfizer stock falls after profit beats but revenue misses, even as COVID-19 vaccine sales of $12.5 billion top forecasts
Shares of Pfizer Inc. PFE, +0.40% sank 2.6% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the drug maker reported fourth-quarter profit that beat expectations, while revenue more than doubled but missed forecas...
Though rare, Moderna Covid vaccine recipients have higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer
Moderna’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine is associated with a higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer’s, but the benefits of both companies’ shots outweigh the risks, according to a...
Moderna’s Covid vaccine for teens awaits OK as regulators review heart inflammation risk
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images For months, the authorization of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for teenagers has been o...
Childhood Trauma Linked To Covid Vaccine Hesitancy, Lockdown Defiance, Study Says
Topline People who experienced childhood trauma are more likely to feel unfairly restricted by government anti-Covid measures, to reject Covid vaccination and to support ending masking and social dist...