Covid vaccine research: Pfizer volunteers describe ‘hangover’ effect

Volunteers on the Pfizer vaccine trial have compared the jab’s side effects to a ‘severe hangover’ and said it left them with headaches, fever and muscle aches similar to the flu vaccine.  One 45-year-old volunteer said the first dose left her suffering side effects similar to the flu jab but that her symptoms were ‘more … Read more

Donald Trump accuses the FDA of holding up Pfizer vaccine until after the election

Donald Trump has accused the Food and Drug Administration of deliberately delaying work on a coronavirus vaccination in order to thwart his re-election hopes. On Monday Pfizer announced that their vaccination was proved to be 90 per cent effective in clinical trials. Their data will now go to the FDA for approval, and once the … Read more

Investment sites hit by trading rush after Pfizer vaccine announcement

Investors locked out of trading sites as they scramble to capitalise on Pfizer’s vaccine announcement By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 9 November 2020 Investors were yesterday locked out of some of Britain’s largest trading platforms as they rushed to capitalise on Pfizer’s vaccine … Read more

Coronavirus Vaccinie: Donald Trump Jr. suspicious over Pfizer timing

Donald Trump Jr. has cast suspicion over the timing of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘breakthrough’ which was announced on Monday two days after the election was called for Biden.  Pfizer revealed on Monday that its vaccine was 90 percent effective among study participants and that it would produce 1.3billion doses – enough to treat 650million people … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Social media excitement after Pfizer vaccine news

‘Summer 2021 is going to be the party to end all parties!’ Britons take to social media in hope their lives could be back to normal by next year as experts hail Pfizer Covid vaccine  UK has ordered 40million doses of the jab – enough to cover 20m people Boris Johnson is due to hold … Read more

BA, easyJet and Rolls Royce shares SOAR while Ocado and Just Eat’s drop as Pfizer vaccine gives hope

Up, up and away! BA, easyJet and Rolls Royce shares SOAR while Ocado and Just Eat’s drop as Pfizer vaccine gives hope of a return to normality by 2021 Struggling travel firms British Airways and easyJet’s values rose after the reveal Vaccine announcement also saw share price in Rolls Royce accelerate But delivery firms like … Read more

‘Stay at home’ stocks Zoom, Amazon and Netflix all plunge after Pfizer vaccine announcement

Stay-at-home stocks like Zoom, Amazon and Netflix plunged on Monday morning after Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine had proven to be 90 percent effective in trials. Zoom dropped by 15 percent, Amazon went down by 3.4 percent and Netflix dropped by more than 5 percent in pre-market trading after the announcement.  Pfizer, by contrast, soared by … Read more

Pfizer claims coronavirus vaccine is 90% effective in clinical trial

1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million doses  The Government revealed on July 29 it had signed a deal with pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi Pasteur If the vaccine proves successful, the UK could begin to vaccinate priority groups, such as frontline health and social care workers and those at increased risk from coronavirus, as early … Read more

German Pfizer vaccine could be ready before Oxford-AstraZeneca

Britain believes that the vaccine, which Pfizer is co-developing with Germany’s BioNTech SE, could be ready to distribute before Christmas Officials  in the British government expect that a verdict on whether Pfizer Inc-backed COVID-19 vaccine works will be available before the results are in on AstraZeneca Plc’s competing vaccine, it has been reported. Britain believes … Read more

Pfizer boss’s shot in arm as lockdown wreaks havoc

Vow: Ben Osborn, the UK boss of  Pfizer Ben Osborn is surprisingly chipper for a man carrying the hopes of a nation on his slim frame. The UK boss of pharmaceuticals behemoth Pfizer is champing at the bit to deliver the country the most unlikely Christmas present: a coronavirus vaccine.  A jab developed by Pfizer, … Read more