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Pfizer begins clinical trial for Omicron-specific COVID vaccine

Omicron's rise has forced vaccine makers to reassess the effectiveness of their vaccines.

Axios

Pfizer launches Omicron vaccine trial; UK reports highest daily deaths since February – as it happened

Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 cases

The Guardian - UK

Check Out What Whales Are Doing With PFE

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Pfizer (NYSE:PFE). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

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Pfizer, AstraZeneca or J&J COVID-19 Shots Boost Sinovac Regime, Brazilian Study Shows

A third booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine from either AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ: AZN), Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) - BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:

Benzinga

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – are both mRNA vaccines. The idea of using genetic material to produce an immune response has opened up a world of research and potential medical uses far out of reach of traditional vaccines.…

The Conversation

18-30 trials could help release more Covid vaccines for Africa

Young Londoners are being asked to take part in research that could reduce side-effects from Covid boosters and enable more vaccines to be given to poorer nations.

Evening Standard

US Provides 1.8 Million Additional Doses of Pfizer COVID Vaccine to Egypt

The US Embassy in Cairo revealed that a new delivery of 1.8 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine arrived in Egypt on Saturday. The vaccines delivery came as part of the US Government’s global efforts to fight the pandemic and were transferred to the Ministry of Health and Population, a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Govt rolls out fourth Covid shot in 10 provinces

The government is ramping up the rollout of fourth Covid-19 shots to residents in tourism-dependent regions as the nation gears up for border reopening next month.

Bangkok Post

Testing for fully vaccinated travellers to UK to be scrapped; new vaccine pass rules in France – as it happened

UK transport secretary says testing rules for travellers into country will change from 4am on 11 February; new France rules come into force

The Guardian - UK

Pfizer boss backs yearly jabs to fight pandemic

Chief executive says flu-style programme is 'ideal' and signals specialised Omicron vaccine will soon be ready

Wales Online

Japan and Poland log record cases; Germany seven-day rate at new high – as it happened

Concerns about new Omicron offshoot in England; France to bring in strict restrictions for unvaccinated people

The Guardian - UK

Booster shots are instrumental in fighting Omicron, CDC data show

Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are not just preventing infections with the contagious omicron variant — they are also keeping infected Americans from ending up in the hospital, according to data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Times of India

Booster shots most effective defence against Omicron variant, CDC studies say

Pfizer and Moderna booster shots reduce risk of serious illness or death by as much as 90 per cent, CDC says

The Independent UK

CDC: Pfizer and Moderna boosters overwhelmingly prevent Omicron hospitalizations

The boosters were especially effective in preventing death among Americans over 50.

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The Conversation

Australia approves two new medicines in the fight against COVID. How can you get them and are they effective against Omicron?

On Thursday, health minister Greg Hunt announced Australia’s drug regulator had provisionally approved two new medicines for the treatment of COVID.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Children aged 5-11 OK'd to be vaccinated in Japan

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Friday gave fast-track approval to the inoculation of children aged 5 to 11 with a coronavirus vaccine from U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc.

Bangkok Post

Pfizer jabs for 5-11s to arrive next week

The next batch of 3 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in the kingdom on Jan 26 to inoculate children aged five to 11 years, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

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This Is What Whales Are Betting On Pfizer

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 35 strange trades.

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Sputnik V Associated With Higher Antibody Levels Against Omicron Than Pfizer, Study Shows: Reuters

According to a small preliminary laboratory study, omicron-neutralizing antibodies in people vaccinated with Russia's

The Independent UK

Fauci says children under 5 could be authorised for Pfizer vaccine in weeks

The US has seen record hospitalisations among children below 5 years due to the surge in Omicron cases

Bangkok Post

Unilever won't up £50bn offer for GSK-Pfizer unit

LONDON: Consumer goods giant Unilever on Wednesday said it would not increase a £50-billion offer for the consumer healthcare unit owned by pharmaceutical groups GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer.

The Guardian - UK

France to ease restrictions; Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination – as it happened

French PM says from February work from home guidance will be changed and nightclubs reopen; Austria will have Europe’s first universal jabs mandate

Tribune News Service

Early omicron breakthroughs show mRNA vaccines’ weakness

Booster shots with messenger RNA vaccines such as those made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE failed to block omicron in a study of some of the first documented breakthrough cases caused by the highly contagious variant.

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