Swiss boost COVID-19 vaccine reservations with shots from Pfizer, WHO-led programme

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labelled with “Vaccine” stickers stand near a medical syringe in front of displayed “Coronavirus COVID-19” words in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File…

Johnson says some months until all vulnerable get COVID jabs

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister said on Wednesday it would be some months before all the most vulnerable people received COVID-19 vaccines with England’s health service boss saying…

German vaccination programme accelerating, but variants raise stakes: minister

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: German Health Minister Jens Spahn gestures as he addresses a news conference, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany, February 12, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via…

Austria and Denmark plan vaccines with Israel to bolster slow EU supply

[ad_1] By Francois Murphy, Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen VIENNA/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Austria and Denmark, chafing at the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines within the European Union, have joined forces with Israel to…

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

[ad_1] (Updates Gilead) March 2 (Reuters) – The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday: ** U.S. utility Evergy Inc said it would appoint…

Link between COVID-19 shot, Swiss death ‘highly unlikely’ – drugs regulator

[ad_1] ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugs regulator swissmedic on Wednesday said it saw no link between the death of a 91-year old person in the canton of Lucerne and the…

Roche says faricimab meets goals in trial against rivals’ Eylea

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche said on…

Roche, Sanofi arthritis drugs reduce death rates among sickest COVID-19 patients 

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with Roche’s Actemra or Sanofi’s Kevzara arthritis drugs significantly improves survival rates and reduces the amount of time patients need intensive…

UK approves AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University as it battles a winter surge…

Instant view: Pfizer, BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc PFE.N said on Monday its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study, a major…