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Covid again

EDITORIAL: Now that it’s pretty clear that the Covid virus is making a comeback across the world – particularly...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Pakistan

US donates 4.7m Pfizer vaccines

ISLAMABAD: With the delivery of the most recent tranche of 4.7 million Pfizer vaccines on April 10, the United ...

Published 12 Apr, 2022 05:17am

World

China approves use of Pfizer's COVID drug Paxlovid

BEIJING: China's medical products regulator said on Saturday it has given conditional approval for Pfizer's COVID-19...

Published 12 Feb, 2022 10:41am

World

Pfizer says Covid vaccine 90% effective in younger children

WASHINGTON: Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing symptomatic forms of the...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 07:24pm

World

Pfizer says third COVID-19 shot warranted in FDA document

Pfizer says data from its own clinical trials shows that the vaccine efficacy had waned by around 6 percent every two months after the second dose

Published 15 Sep, 2021 06:53pm

World

US FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

While millions of people have already safely received COVID-19 vaccines, we recognize that for some, the FDA approval of a vaccine may now instill additional confidence to get vaccinated

Updated 23 Aug, 2021 07:20pm

World

S.Africa's health regulator to assess efficacy of Sinopharm vaccine

Now in the grip of a third wave of infections, South Africa is inoculating its population with Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines, but the rollout has been slow partly due to setbacks in supply.

Published 23 Jun, 2021 11:16pm

World

Switzerland approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 year olds

"Swissmedic has carefully examined the indication-extension application submitted by Pfizer," the regulator said in a statement, after giving the shot temporary ordinary authorisation for 12- to 15-year-olds.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 08:59pm

World

EU regulator backs month-long storage of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in fridges

Unopened thawed vials can be stored 31 days at 2C-8C.
Change following assessment of additional stability study data.
EMA says change to have 'significant' impact on rollout in EU.

Published 17 May, 2021 08:12pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka approves Pfizer COVID vaccine for emergency use

Dr. Sudharshani Fernandopulle, the minister overseeing the fight against the epidemic, said in a statement the government would order 5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Sri Lanka is the first country in South Asia to approve the Pfizer vaccine. It has also approved Russia's Sputnik and China's Sinopharm vaccines for emergency use.

Published 08 May, 2021 04:17pm

World

Pfizer asks Swiss OK for COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15

"Swissmedic will review the application in the rolling procedure. Pfizer can submit the latest data continuously without having to wait for the conclusive results from the clinical studies," the watchdog said on its website.

Published 07 May, 2021 08:17pm

Business & Finance

EU seals world's largest vaccine supply deal with Pfizer

The vaccines from the US drug maker and its German partner BioNTech will be delivered over the period 2021-2023, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a briefing.
The agreement would be enough to inoculate the 450 million EU population for two years and comes as the bloc seeks to shore up long-term supplies.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:55pm

World

UK data show good immune response in over 80s after 2-dose Pfizer COVID-19 shot

"We were surprised, and very pleased," Moss told reporters at a briefing about the findings. "But, of course, this does go with the excellent clinical protection that we're seeing with the vaccine - so it does correlate."
Pfizer and its co-developer BioNTech said earlier on Thursday that updated clinical trial data showed their vaccine is around 91% effective at preventing COVID-19 cases.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 05:32pm

World

EU warns will block jab exports, Biden doubles goal

"I know it's ambitious, twice our original goal," he told his first press conference since taking office on January 20.

Published 26 Mar, 2021 09:50am

World

Vietnam seeks to diversify COVID-19 vaccine sources amid supply issues

"COVID-19 vaccine supplies for Vietnam have been impacted by the complicated developments of the coronavirus pandemic in the world," the government said in a statement.
Vietnam's vaccination campaign, which was launched on March 8, has relied solely on the batch of 117,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine it received last month.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 07:14pm

Business & Finance

Pfizer wants to make vaccine in India if faster clearance, export freedom assured

The US company pulled an application last month seeking emergency approval for its product in India after the drug regulator declined its request to skip a small local safety trial.
Pfizer was the first company to apply for emergency use authorisation in India, proposing to import doses from its US and European facilities instead of producing locally.

Published 10 Mar, 2021 08:24pm

World

Europe to get 4mn more Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots this month

The doses to vaccinate two million people will be supplied in addition to the planned deliveries, to ease border movement and to tackle virus hotspots, the Commission said.
"To tackle aggressive variants of the virus and to improve the situation in hotspots, quick and decisive action is necessary," the president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said.

Updated 10 Mar, 2021 07:24pm

Business & Finance

Brazil to get extra 5mn COVID-19 doses from Pfizer

Speaking in Brasilia, Guedes said President Jair Bolsonaro had spoken with the global head of Pfizer and was scheduled to speak with the head of Janssen, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
The government last week said it intended to buy 100 million doses from Pfizer and 38 million from Janssen through the end of December.

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 10:16pm

Business & Finance

Brazil approves Pfizer's COVID-19 shot, but has none to use

The Pfizer/BioNTech shot is the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus to receive full approval in Brazil, Anvisa said. Other vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, have only been approved for emergency use so far.
The approval is good news for a country whose immunization campaign has been plagued by delays and political squabbling.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 07:44pm

World

South Africa adviser says Pfizer 'still very good vaccine' despite study

The advisory committee held its regular weekly meeting on Thursday and discussed the laboratory study, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.
South Africa is counting on the Pfizer shot, developed with German partner BioNTech, to step up its vaccination programme after administering its first Johnson & Johnson doses on Wednesday.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 06:55pm

World

Colombia's first COVID-19 vaccines to arrive Monday

Today we remember all the victims of COVID-19, the more than 57,000 irreplaceable Colombians who have left a void and who we will honor fighting the virus with a vaccine.
This afternoon the first shipment of vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer with the first 50,000 vaccines will arrive in our country from Belgium.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 07:25pm

Pakistan

Pakistan decides to buy ultra-cold modern refrigerators to store Pfizer vaccine

Currently Pakistan cold chain system has capacity to storage COVID vaccine at -20°C.
The newly bought freezers would be placed in the federal capital and provinces for preservation of the vaccine.

Updated 13 Feb, 2021 08:06pm

World

Next Pfizer vaccines to reach Mexico mid-February, official says

Separately, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard in a tweet said that 491,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine would be sent in the week beginning Feb. 15.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 08:20pm

Business & Finance

BioNTech 'confident' it will meet Japan's COVID-19 vaccine demand

Japan's vaccine chief said last week that export controls imposed by the European Union, where some vaccines are made, could delay the Asian nation's inoculation effort.
Pfizer and BioNTech have increased manufacturing capacity to more than 2 billion doses a year from 1.3 billion to meet demand.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 06:47pm

World

Malaysia says its delivery of Pfizer vaccines on track

The Pfizer vaccine is produced in Belgium and the European Commission said on Friday it had agreed a plan to control exports of vaccines from the European Union, including to Britain.
With the assurances of both the EU and Belgian Ambassadors, the COVID-19 immunisation plan is expected to proceed according to plan.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 06:25pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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