Nikola Corporation rang the Nasdaq Closing Bell remotely from across the world. Source: The Nasdaq Check out the companies making headlines midday on Monday: Nikola — Shares of the electric-vehicle maker rose nearly 6% after a JPMorgan analyst said he sees a “less drama-filled” news flow for the company in …
Read More »Bill Gates says six Covid vaccines could be available by spring 2021
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Lintao Zhang | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Bill Gates has predicted there could be as many as half a dozen Covid-19 vaccines approved and ready for distribution by the spring of 2021, as medical …
Read More »Warp Speed’s supply director urges patience on Covid vaccine
Operation Warp Speed’s director of supply production and distribution put out an estimated timetable on Covid-19 vaccine availability across the United States. In an interview on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” on Wednesday evening, Lt. Gen. Paul Ostrowski (Ret.) assured that everyone who wants a vaccine would be able …
Read More »Trump Covid vaccine chief says everyone in U.S. could be immunized by June
A health care worker injects the a syringe of the phase 3 vaccine trial, to a volunteer at the Ankara University Ibni Sina Hospital in Ankara, Turkey on October 27, 2020. This vaccine candidate developed against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by the U.S. Pfizer and German BioNTech company. Dougkan …
Read More »Goldman predicts how quickly Covid-19 vaccines will be rolled out
A health worker injects a person during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investment bank Goldman Sachs has forecast that more than 70% of people in developed markets will be vaccinated against the coronavirus …
Read More »Challenges Pfizer faces distributing Covid 19 vaccine to the masses
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters A Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be made available to the public in the coming weeks, …
Read More »HHS chief says Pfizer is expected to file FDA application for coronavirus vaccine Friday
Vice President Mike Pence listens to US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar speak during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 19, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Health and Human …
Read More »With vaccine near, how to get it to 7.8 billion people
Pfizer and Moderna released positive late-stage trial data this month showing their coronavirus vaccines were highly effective in preventing Covid-19. The news sent stock markets across the world soaring and gave business executives and world leaders some of the first glimmers of hope that they can bring the epidemic under …
Read More »HHS Secretary Azar says FDA will move ‘as quickly as possible’ to OK Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines
Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), speaks during a news conference at the CDC Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will move “as quickly as possible” to clear Pfizer …
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