#Trudeau and Big Pharma: Not a love story

#Trudeau and Big Pharma: Not a love story

“#Trudeau and Big Pharma: Not a love story” On the bright side, when it comes to vaccines, so far Canada is actually doing better than Australia. That country bet big on a thriving domestic bio-sciences sector. It was making good progress on a made-in-Australia vaccine until December, when it had to scrap its vaccine program…

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#COVID vaccine honchos sold 6M in stocks last year: report

#COVID vaccine honchos sold $496M in stocks last year: report

“#COVID vaccine honchos sold $496M in stocks last year: report” Pharma honchos cashed out nearly half a billion dollars in stock as their companies raced to develop life-saving coronavirus vaccines, a new report says. Executives and directors at 13 firms working on vaccines — including Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax — collectively sold more than 8.5…

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#Pfizer COVID vaccine works on South Africa variant: study

#Pfizer COVID vaccine works on South Africa variant: study

“#Pfizer COVID vaccine works on South Africa variant: study” Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine provides protection against the highly contagious variant of the virus that emerged in South Africa, a new study shows. People who received the Pfizer shots had higher levels of antibodies capable of neutralizing the strain than those found in patients who contracted the…

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#Over the counter drugs could dim COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness

#Over the counter drugs could dim COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness

“#Over the counter drugs could dim COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness” Experts are warning that over-the-counter pain relievers such as Aspirin, Tylenol or ibuprofen could dull the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines. As the US continues to roll out vaccines from both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to the general public, recipients have reported minor side-effects like temporary pain that…

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#Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?

#Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?

“#Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?” Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched? Health officials say both doses should be of the same vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out in the United States, the United Kingdom and other parts of the world so far require two shots given a few weeks apart. In the U.S. where Pfizer…

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#NY to reallocate nursing homes’ unused COVID-19 vaccines

#NY to reallocate nursing homes’ unused COVID-19 vaccines

“#NY to reallocate nursing homes’ unused COVID-19 vaccines” New York is going to reallocate unused COVID-19 vaccines that had been earmarked for nursing homes — with tens of thousands of staffers at the facilities declining to get the shot as the state’s stockpile dwindles, officials said Monday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, speaking during a virtual press…

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