BioNTech

• Made-in-Canada vaccines: Canada injects millions in future Sanofi plant

  The project is being touted as an important addition to Canada's future pandemic preparedness.

  Canada

  Mar 31
• mRNA technology could soon be used to fight cancer, vaccine scientist says

  As BioNTech's profile has grown during the pandemic, so has its value, providing funds the company can use to pursue its original goal of developing a new tool against cancer.

  Science

  Mar 19
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• A 3rd dose of Pfizer? Company testing booster of COVID-19 vaccine in new trial

  They are also in talks to test a vaccine modified to protect specifically against the highly transmissible new variant first found in South Africa.

  Health

  Feb 25
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• Vaccine makers face possible strain on supply of key ingredient: lipid molecules

  In theory, lipids should be easy to produce on a large scale, but it gets complicated when the goal is to produce billions of new COVID-19 vaccines for the world.

  World

  Feb 12
• ‘It’s chaos’: Expanded U.S. vaccine rollout leading to bottlenecks, crashes

  States have recently thrown open vaccinations to many of the nation's 54 million senior citizens with the blessing of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

  World

  Jan 15
• No evidence coronavirus vaccine will work if second shot comes too late: Pfizer-BioNTech

  Germany was considering on Monday whether to allow a delay in administering the second dose to make scarce supplies go further after a similar move by Britain last week.

  Health

  Jan 4
• WHO approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use, paving way for rollout to countries in need

  Its addition allows countries to expedite their own regulatory approval process for the vaccine.

  World

  Dec 31, 2020
• BioNTech CEO says coronavirus vaccine ‘highly likely’ to protect against new strain

  The coronavirus variant, detected mainly in London and the southeast of England in recent weeks, has sparked concern worldwide.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2020
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• Canada adds 6,345 new coronavirus cases as vaccinations continue

  The country has now seen 474,820 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. 

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2020
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• A look at how many coronavirus vaccines Canada will receive, and when

  Canada is preparing to receive an initial batch of 30,000 of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.

  Health

  Dec 13, 2020