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Pfizer Covid vaccine faces hurdles after USFDA filing

Shown to be 95% effective and without any major safety issues, their vaccine could be the first to be cleared for use, but first it must undergo a thorough vetting.

There’s light at the end of the Covid tunnel — the glimmer of a vaccine needle

With Pfizer, Moderna as well as developers of Sputnik V and CoronaVac citing over 90% efficacy of their vaccines, the world finally has a reason to hope 2021 will be different.

Tracking side effects will be the next big challenge for Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines

The side-effect reports of the vaccine have the potential to be a gold mine for anti-vaxxers as vaccine skepticism grows around the world.

Pfizer Covid vaccine reaches key safety milestone, to seek emergency US FDA approval

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says important questions about the vaccine still remain to be answered, including how durable the protection could be.

Moderna’s Covid vaccine offers antidote to Pfizer’s deep-freeze problem

While Pfizer's vaccine has to be kept in -70 degree and can only last up to 5 days, Moderna's vaccine can last up to 30 days in regular freezers.

Modi govt eyes pvt sector vaccinators for Covid as India has only 70,000 in public sector

These vaccinators run Universal Immunisation Programme that inoculates mothers & children, and govt is concerned about diverting resources for Covid vaccine.

India’s mRNA-based Covid vaccine won’t need ultra cold conditions for storage — Pune firm

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals CEO Sanjay Singh tells ThePrint their vaccine could be stored at around 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, and the trial is likely to be completed by March.

Pfizer vaccine success opens hot stock-market trade

Given the bets the market has seen in the different pandemic phases — from ventilator makers to medical gloves suppliers — it’s no surprise this new phase is attracting attention.

Temperature challenge can make Pfizer Covid vaccine a shot for the rich

The investment and coordination required to build deep-freeze production, storage & transportation networks for the vaccine will ensure that only rich nations are guaranteed access.

Our Covid vaccine could be important part of India’s early response, pharma giant Pfizer says

A vaccine developed by US-based Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech has shown 90% efficacy in trials, but pharma giant says the number may vary with further trials.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.