EU negotiates to buy 1.8b Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

The European Commission started negotiations to purchase 1.8 billion doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the next two years, the EU institution’s president announced on Wednesday. “We are now entering into negotiations with Pfizer and BioNTech for a third contract. This contract will foresee the […]

EU to buy extra 100m doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

The European Union Tuesday announced that it will buy an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by US drug maker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech, bringing the total to 300 million doses after the first shipment last week. “We decided to take […]

UK to roll out Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine next week

The UK has become the first country to allow the use of the Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus vaccine on the public after the country’s regulator clinically approved the jab on Wednesday. The vaccine, which provides 95% protection against COVID-19, will be rolled out as early as next week, according to a […]