Pfizer and BioNTech SE said phase 1/2/3 trial initially enrolled up to 4,500 kids between 6 months to 11 years in the US, Finland, Poland & Spain from over 90 clinical trial sites.
Analysts say Beijing's concern might be that approval of the BioNTech shot could be interpreted as an acknowledgment that local shots are less effective than western ones.
Researchers noted that antibody concentrations for BioNTech recipients rose 'substantially' after first dose, but Sinovac recipients showed 'low' level of antibodies after first shot.
Study finds Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has favourable safety profile in 12-15-year-olds, produces greater immune response than in young adults, is highly effective against Covid-19.
A group of advisers to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Wednesday to make recommendations for administering the vaccine. Kids could begin receiving them Thursday.
Pfizer is aware that access to vaccines is critical. Unfortunately, our vaccine is not registered in India although our application was submitted months ago, the CEO added.
While the research, performed by University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, needs to be validated with real-world data, it offers another reason for optimism.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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