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Is the new omicron vaccine worth it?

The omicron-specific booster vaccine hit the market — some wonder if it's worth getting

Salon

Commentary: Did the US jump the gun with the new omicron-targeted vaccines?

Last month, the FDA authorized omicron-specific vaccines, accompanied by breathless science-by-press release and a media blitz. Just days after the FDA’s move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed, recommending updated boosters for anyone age 12 and up who had received at least two doses of the original COVID-19…

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3 Health Care Stock Under $50 You Can Buy Today

The healthcare industry is anticipated to grow significantly in the coming years, thanks to strong demand amid rising chronic diseases, technological advancements, and rising healthcare spending. Therefore, we think fundamentally sound healthcare companies Pfizer (PFE), GSK Plc (GSK), and Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA), which are currently trading under $50, could be…

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EU Regulator Backs Pfizer's BA.4/5-Adapted COVID Booster

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday recommended a COVID-19 booster designed to combat Omicron offshoots BA.4/5, days after endorsing a pair of boosters tailored to target the older BA.1 variant. The latest recommendation is for a so-called bivalent vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, which targets BA.4/5 as well…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU regulator clears Pfizer-BioNTech's tweaked COVID booster

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster their immunization programs ahead of winter

The Independent UK

Covid-19 boosters: Immunologists answer 5 key questions about the new shots

What is different about the updated booster shots? Two scientists offer their expertise to answer five questions about the shots.

Inverse

Important Biotech Catalysts For September 9, 2022 - End Of The Day Summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Spectrum Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:SPPI) lead asset ROLVEDON (eflapegrastim-xnst) injection to decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals shares traded as high as 3.17 percent, in a range of $1.21 to $1.30 on day volume of 6.8 million…

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Check Out What Whales Are Doing With PFE

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Pfizer. Looking at options history for Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) we detected 17 strange trades.

Benzinga

Zenara launches generic version of Pfizer Covid drug Paxlovid

Sets MRP at ₹5,200 for a box of 20 Nirmatrelvir tablets, 10 tablets of Ritonavir

The Hindu

Get booster shots, doctors warn, as Australia all but declares COVID-19 dead

As social protections are abandoned, only 71.6 per cent of Australians aged 16 years and over have had their latest COVID vaccine booster.

The New Daily

COVID rebound symptoms, positive tests after Paxlovid are more common than reported, study says

Resurgence of COVID-19 symptoms in patients treated with Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid appeared far more common than has been reported, and rebounding patients still risked spreading the disease, doctors said in a report on a series of cases in a top medical journal.

Tribune News Service

Important Biotech Catalysts For September 7, 2022 - End Of The Day Summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Pfizer’s (NYSE:PFE) lead drug GBS6 or PF-06760805 for the prevention of invasive GBS disease due to the vaccine serotypes in newborns and young infants by active immunization of their mothers during pregnancy. Pfizer shares traded in a…

Benzinga

No, COVID-19 isn’t winding down, scientists say, predicting it’ll be around the rest of our lives

Even with new boosters, experts predict the scourge that’s already lasted longer than the 1918 flu pandemic will linger far into the future. Here’s why.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pfizer Whale Trades For September 07

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Pfizer. Looking at options history for Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) we detected 11 strange trades.

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Los Angeles Times

Potential to mix up omicron booster with conventional vaccine raises concerns

Experts are voicing concerns about the potential for vaccine providers to mix up the omicron booster vial with those used for conventional vaccines.

Mic

It looks like we’ll be getting a COVID vaccine every year soon

America is trying a “new approach,” Biden said.

Bangkok Post

Govt to procure updated jabs

The Public Health Ministry is planning to procure second-generation Covid-19 vaccines in about a month.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is COVID-19 Winding Down? Scientists Say No.

Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and distancing recommendations. And more people have thrown off their masks…

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Manchester Evening News

Covid-19 autumn booster jabs - who is eligible, when you can get them and how to book

Millions will be able to book an appointment to get the Covid booster jab

Daily Mirror

When will Omicron boosters be available? Who is eligible for Covid jab and how to book

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a second Coronavirus booster vaccine to target the Omicron variant ahead of the autumn booster programme

WEKU

Omicron boosters: Do I need one, and if so, when?

Updated COVID boosters are now available for anyone age 12 or older. The CDC is urging anyone who is eligible to sign up but some vaccine experts say some people might want to wait.

The Conversation

Better COVID vaccines are on the way. What do they do? And what technology might we see in future?

Regulators in Australia and the United States last week approved Omicron-specific boosters, following approval in the United Kingdom in mid-August.

Evening Standard

Second Covid booster jab approved in UK ahead of winter vaccine programme

It’s the second jab aimed at both the original and Omicron strains of the virus, to be approved in the UK

Daily Mirror

New 'second generation' Pfizer Covid vaccine approved ahead of booster programme

The "bivalent" jab - which targets Omicron as well as the original strain of the deadly virus - is manufactured by Pfizer/Biotech, and follows a similar booster from Moderna approved last month

Manchester Evening News

A new vaccine which protects against two strains of covid has been approved for the NHS to use this autumn

It targets both the original strain of coronavirus and the Omicron variant

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