Senior Argentinian officials revealed recently that the South American nation is expected to amend existing legislation in order to enable the government to accept COVID-19 vaccines that are to be donated by the United States. Some of the legal clauses that are expected to change include those pertaining to...
COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is looking to deliver its shipment of vaccines promised to Germany earlier than expected, Dan Staner, its European head, stated on Thursday. The biotech firm is aiming to deliver 80 million doses by the end of 2021, a figure that is in line with the...
Pakistani health minister Faisal Sultan announced on Tuesday that the country has concluded an agreement with Pfizer to secure 13 million units of the pharmaceutical company's COVID-19 vaccines. While the vaccines are expected to arrive before the end of 2021, there is no exact timeline for the rollout of...
With India in the middle of a health crisis due to a rampant number of COVID-19 cases and deaths across the country, the government is in the process of granting foreign vaccine makers such as Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer protection against legal liability when distributing shots in...
With Germany opening vaccinations to all sectors of the population, the German government has acknowledged the lasting economic effect that the pandemic has had on local businesses, deciding to extend its economic aid to companies that have been damaged by the coronavirus pandemic until the end of September.
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Following the surge of a new coronavirus variant detected in various counties across the region, several Southeast Asian markets are reeling from the crippling effects of the new outbreak. Currently, an array of new lockdown restrictions have been imposed, resulting in mass factory closures and a ramping up of...
Japanese shares rose significantly on Friday morning following the advancements in the country's vaccination rollout which is paving the way to a smooth economic recovery. As a result, investors moved to scoop up stocks that had previously been sold off due to the wavering economic uncertainty in the previous...
Healthcare and science provisions supplier Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc has decided to pursue the purchase of clinical and research provider PPD Inc in a deal worth $17.4 billion. This promises to be yet another game-changing deal in the health care sector, which has soared since the start of the...
In an effort to make COVID-19 vaccines accessible to underprivileged Americans, Uber Technologies Inc, PayPal Holdings Inc, and Walgreens Inc confirmed on Monday that they will be launching a joint $11 million Vaccine Access Fund to provide free trips to coronavirus vaccination centers so that Americans who lack access...
With Moderna (MRNA) stocks skyrocketing following the successful rollout of the company's COVID-19 vaccine, co-founder and chairman Noubar Afeyan has decided to sell a large portion of his shares totaling a value of approximately $1.4 billion.
From February 22nd through February 24th, Afeyan sold 6.5 million Moderna shares for a...