DPIIT signs MoUs with Pfizer, ICICI Bank to boost startup, healthcare innovation
These two MoUs comprise one with Pfizer Limited and another with ICICI Bank.
These two MoUs comprise one with Pfizer Limited and another with ICICI Bank.
Albert Bourla, Chief Executive Officer of US-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, encountered a series of tough questions about the efficacy of its Covid vaccine on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum meeting, but he repeatedly ignored the queries and a video on it has gone viral.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged between 5 to 11 years at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series.
As of March 16, only 27 per cent of children aged 5-11 had received two vaccine doses, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
Pfizer's Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use) has been approved for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in adults and pediatric patients
Currently only about 48 per cent of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated.
"Very rare cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been observed following vaccination with the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. These cases occurred more often in younger men and after the second dose of the vaccine, typically within a few days after vaccination"
Pfizer and its partner German firm BioNTech expected a decline in vaccine efficacy against symptomatic disease over time and the continued emergence of variants
Lt. Gen. John Frewen said that younger Australians could be given a choice about which mRNA vaccine they receive
The Ministry currently promotes a third vaccine dose to those who have suffered a functional decline in the immune system
