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Ministry data said to show Pfizer shot blocks majority of serious Delta cases firstwordpharma
July 06, 2021
A study from researchers at Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center suggest Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is 60% to 80% effective against infection from the Delta variant, reported The Times of Israel.
Gap between Covid jabs to be reduced to eight weeks for all under-40s firstwordpharma
July 06, 2021
New UK health secretary Sajid Javid told lawmakers "we are reducing the dose interval [for COVID-19 vaccines] for under-40s from 12 weeks to eight," as reported in This is Money.
France's Sanofi expects Covid vaccine to be ready by December firstwordpharma
July 06, 2021
Sanofi says its GlaxoSmithKline-partnered COVID-19 vaccine should be available by December, reported RFI. The vaccine uses recombinant proteins to trigger an immune response – the same technology that is used in one of Sanofi's seasonal influenza vaccines
Celltrion expects Covid variants to fuel global treatments growth firstwordpharma
July 06, 2021
Celltrion is betting that new variants of the coronavirus will fuel growth in the US and Europe for treatments of the disease, Financial Times reported.
Morocco’s Sothema to produce China’s Sinopharm vaccine firstwordpharma
July 06, 2021
Moroccan pharmaceutical firm Sothema will soon start producing 5 million doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in the North African country, as reported in Yahoo!News.
RDIF: Test batch of the Sputnik V vaccine produced in Mexico firstwordpharma
July 06, 2021
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund) and Mexican pharmaceutical company Laboratorios de Biológicos y Reactivos de México (BIRMEX) announce the production of a test batch of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against corona
J&J Vaccine Guards Against Delta Variant, Company Says drugs
July 05, 2021
Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant that brought India to its knees this past spring.
Backyard Fireworks on the 4th? Rethink It to Keep Your Child Safe drugs
July 05, 2021
If you're planning on shooting off fireworks on the 4th of July, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urges you to find other ways to celebrate the holiday.
Brazil top court gives nod for probe into Bolsonaro over vaccine deal firstwordpharma
July 05, 2021
Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber has authorized an investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro by the top prosecutor's office for dereliction of duty in the process of procuring an Indian COVID-19 vaccine, according to a copy of the decision.
Large-scale drug analysis reveals potential new COVID-19 antivirals firstwordpharma
July 05, 2021
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals that could be developed into new treatments for COVID-19 or in preparation.

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