BioNTech/Pfizer’s mooted EU deal for 70m Covid shots threatens rivals
European health officials have advocated portfolio diversity to help fight different variants
Novavax
Unused Covid-19 vaccines worth €95m discarded by HSE last year
More than 850,000 doses of past-expiry date Covid-19 vaccines thrown out
Shine comes off vaccine stocks
Novavax had a terrible week while Pfizer and Moderna are well off their pandemic highs
Vaccine maker Novavax tumbles after warning of ‘substantial doubt’ over future
Manufacturing woes meant it lost out in race to market with its Covid vaccine
Vaccine makers face revenue slump as demand falls for Covid-19 jabs
Pharmaceutical companies hunt for new revenue streams as pandemic becomes endemic
Investors ditch vaccine stocks after Joe Biden says ‘pandemic is over’
Top jab makers lose combined $10bn of market value amid fears over growing public apathy
Iseq lags slightly as European markets recover following Monday’s battering
Bargain-hunters enter market after sell-off on economic worries
‘Stay vigilant’: no let-up in North Korea’s two-year Covid lockout
Pyongyang says it has kept its population Covid-free by sealing the country’s borders
Got a Covid booster jab? You probably won’t need another for a while
Three doses can protect against serious illness and death for a long time, studies suggest
Lifting of restrictions in Ireland greeted as vindication by those who refused vaccine
‘I was called an anti-vaxxer, and I took exception to that. My children are vaccinated’
‘Santa Claus’ rally under way in Europe as markets hit one-month high
Investors’ appetites for risk increases as fears recede over economic impact of Omicron
EU sets binding nine-month validity of vaccinations for Covid-19 travel pass
Validity will be extended after booster shot without a time limit
EU expects Europe plants to produce 3.6 billion Covid shots in 2022
Total global output will be more than 20 billion shots for the year
Q&A: All you need to know on getting the Moderna vaccine as a booster
Moderna will be the main vaccine administered over coming weeks to over-60s, over-50s, healthcare workers and younger people in vulnerable groups
Omicron variant: what South African medics are saying
‘It was like a tap being turned on from Thursday or Friday last week. It’s been mostly young people’
PCR tests required for passengers arriving into UK after Omicron variant detected
Johnson unveils ‘temporary and precautionary’ Covid restrictions to slow variant
Pfizer to produce coronavirus pill at Ringaskiddy plant
Tablet has potential to avoid nine of 10 hospitalisations with virus, says pharma giant
Novavax files for Covid-19 vaccine’s UK authorisation
Company to submit application for US authorisation by end of the year
Novavax again delays seeking US approval for Covid-19 vaccine
Company has filed for regulatory authorisation for shot in India, Indonesia, Philippines
Coronavirus: Tokyo hits record virus cases days after Olympics begin
World wrap: Sydney lockdown could last months as daily cases reach record high
American Covid vaccine shows strong trial results, but will US need it?
US vaccination take-up rates are slowing, as Novavax jab on course for autumn approval
Novavax vaccine trial shows 90% efficacy against Covid-19
CEO expects early supplies to be used for Covax supplies as analysts eye shot as booster option
GSK moves to make up ground in vaccine race
Company is talking to governments about creating vaccine manufacturing facilities
Glanbia and AB Inbev among top performers on mixed day for stocks
Vaccine-makers drop on Wall Street after Biden backs intellectual property waivers
Novavax plans to ship Covid-19 vaccines to Europe this year
Ireland is in line for up to 2.2m doses of company’s vaccine supply from late-2021
Ireland’s four Covid-19 vaccines: Supply, efficacy and side effects
Explainer: The best vaccine is the one that you are offered, say public-health doctors
Q&A: Can different Covid-19 vaccines be mixed?
Oxford scientists test vaccine combinations amid concern over rare side effects
India’s block on vaccine exports deals blow to dozens of nations
Serum institute is biggest supplier to the international Covax programme
Q&A: Is the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine safe for older people?
Firm facing complaints over delivery pledges but also reports of possible side effects
Novavax Covid vaccine is 86% effective against more contagious variant
EU hoping to buy up to 200m Novavax vaccines
EU approves single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Company to deliver 200m doses to EU with 600,000 to Republic between April and June
Experts recommend authorisation of Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose Covid-19 vaccine
EU has deal with company for millions of doses
Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: How many people have been inoculated in Ireland?
Daily updates as Ireland embarks on largest inoculation programme in its history
Single-dose vaccine will be a game-changer, says Taoiseach
Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be available in Ireland by April
Why the world’s three biggest vaccine makers failed on Covid-19
Less than a year on, mRNA inoculations look likely to change the industry forever
As vaccination scale-up begins, what vaccines will be used?
Should we be worried about variations between vaccine types?
Covid-19: EU seeking to double its supply of Moderna vaccines
AstraZeneca raises prospect of delivering doses made in India after talks stall
Covid-19: Germany to impose restrictions on travel from Austria and Czech Republic
World round-up: Victoria to enter five-day circuit breaker; NZ likely to begin vaccinating next week
Covid-19: South Africa stops use of AstraZeneca jab over failure to protect against variant
Result from clinical trial comes nearly week after 1m doses of vaccine arrived in country
Covid-19: Melbourne reimposes some curbs after positive case in quarantine hotel
World round-up: Cases and hospitalisations appear to be on downward trend in US
Vaccine dithering exposes fault lines within EU
‘If the people of Europe decide their leaders have yet again failed them, the political backlash could be severe’
Covid-19 vaccines Q&A: Over-65s and the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab
European Medicines Agency rules that evidence supports approval for all over age 18
One-shot Covid vaccine from Johnson & Johnson 66% effective
Results from US stronger than those from sites in Latin America and South Africa
Covid-19: Novavax says its coronavirus vaccine was 89.3% effective in UK trial
Results from a separate, mid-stage trial in South Africa show reduced effectiveness
New Zealand’s slow vaccine rollout threatens Covid success, critics say
Cautious strategy combined with risks of fast-spreading strains presents dilemma
Low-income countries rush to access Covid-19 vaccines
Despite efforts to procure vaccine, some nations will only vaccinate 20% of population
First doses of Moderna vaccine arrive in Ireland as EU chief defends supply
AstraZeneca seeks green light while Chinese vaccine disappoints in trial
Covid vaccine could be conserved by excluding the already infected
People who have recovered from infection have already generated a protective immune response to the virus
Almost one quarter of world’s population will not get Covid-19 vaccine until 2022
High-income countries secure billions of doses, with uncertainty for low-income countries
Coronavirus: US records its highest daily death toll as Germany extends lockdown
World round-up: India’s daily rise in cases stays below 40,000 for fourth day
Covid-19 vaccines: All we know so far and the challenges ahead
Huge logistical task looms when drugs ready since double doses needed for most people
Vaccine contracts shrouded in secrecy despite massive public funding
Very little known about terms of contracts the EU has signed with pharma groups
Sanofi, GSK to supply vaccine doses to WHO-backed alliance
Companies plan to supply 200 million doses of Covid-19 candidate vaccine
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