Tag: Pharmaceutical manufacturing
Russia, facing lags, turns to China to produce Sputnik shots
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Russia is turning to multiple Chinese firms to manufacture the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in an effort to speed up production...
UN program inks Moderna deal on 500M doses, starting in Q4
GENEVA — Moderna and vaccine promoter Gavi have announced a firm deal by which the pharmaceutical company will provide up to 500 million doses...
US to launch trade talks on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
WILMINGTON, Del. — The U.S. top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that...
India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID
NEW DELHI — In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation...
Canada to start to get Pfizer vaccines from the US next week
TORONTO — Canada will start getting Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from the United States next week, a company spokesperson said Friday, in what will be...
Desperate Indians turn to unproven drugs as virus surges
NEW DELHI — Ashish Poddar kept an ice pack on hand as he waited outside a New Delhi hospital for a black market dealer...
Widespread infections early in the year weigh on Merck Q1
KENILWORTH, NJ — COVID-19 infections weighed Merck with so many people avoiding visits to hospitals or even the doctor early in the first quarter....
BioNTech chief: Europe will reach herd immunity by August
BERLIN — Europe can achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus within the next four months, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed...
Gates helps launch drive for global vaccine distribution
A new mass fundraising campaign aims to inspire 50 million people around the world to make small donations to Covax, the international effort to...
EU report takes aim at Russia over vaccine fake news
BRUSSELS — Russia has launched a major campaign using ministries, companies and pro-Kremlin media to promote the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and spread fake...
