J&J forecasts $2.5 bn in 2021 COVID-19 vaccine sales, sets lower production target
July 21, 2021 Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday forecast $2.5 billion in 2021 sales for its COVID-19 shot and set a lower production target for the vaccine as lengthy manufacturing…
NAFDAC Approves Moderna, Sputnik Vaccines For Emergency Use
July 15, 2021 The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has approved the Moderna and Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines for use in Nigeria. Both vaccines were approved for…
COVID-19 Delta variant now present in 104 countries – WHO
July 13, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the COVID-19 Delta variant was ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases…
COVID-19: Pfizer Seeks Authorisation For 3rd Shot As Vaccine Efficacy Drops
July 9, 2021 Pfizer and BioNTech have announced they would seek regulatory authorization for a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine. It comes after initial data from an ongoing trial…
Africa to get U.S. COVID shots next week as cases surge
July 1, 2021 The United States will begin shipping the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines it has donated to Africa from this weekend, a special envoy of the African Union…
South Africa looks to more than double daily COVID-19 vaccinations over next month
June 25, 2021 South Africa aims to more than double the rate of daily COVID-19 vaccinations over the next month to more than 200,000 as more Pfizer and Johnson &…
Setting up COVID-19 vaccines hub in South Africa a historic step to spread lifesaving technology – WHO
June 22, 2021 The WHO is setting up a hub in South Africa to give companies from poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licenses to produce COVID-19 vaccines, in…
S/Africa picks up first cases of COVID-19 variant from India
May 9, 2021 South Africa’s health ministry said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for…
Pfizer Confirms Fake Vaccine Shots On Sale In Mexico, Poland
April 22, 2021 US drugmaker Pfizer on Wednesday confirmed that suspect doses of its coronavirus vaccine that were seized in Mexico and Poland were indeed fake, with doses going for…
J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Halted At Plant That Ruined Doses
April 20, 2021 The US Food and Drug Administration requested that production of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine be halted at a factory that previously reportedly ruined about 15…