10 January 2023
The Covid-19 case fatality (CFR) rate was the lowest in booster groups at 0.13% for first booster and 0.1% for second booster. The CFR for unvaccinated individuals was 1.43%, according to MOH.
Tag: Pfizer vaccine
6 January 2023
NPRA extended the shelf life for Pfizer’s adult Covid-19 vaccine thrice from 6 to 15 months, and twice for paediatric doses from 9 to 18 months. In the Sept 2022 extension for the adult vaccine, new expiry dates are Jan 31 for 13 lots, Feb 28 for two lots.
25 October 2022
Singapore's HSA has granted interim authorisation of a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech original/ Omicron BA.4-5-adapted bivalent vaccine for individuals aged 12 years and older.
26 August 2022
Asian patient groups have placed the pharmaceutical company first for corporate reputation in Asia.
26 May 2022
Pfizer's "An Accord for a Healthier World" initiative will provide all its current and future patent-protected medicines and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis to 45 lower-income countries.
28 April 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech say a third Covid-19 vaccine dose raises antibodies to fight Omicron by 36 times in children ages 5-11.
14 March 2022
While protection from a third Covid-19 shot is “good enough” against hospitalisations and deaths, three doses are not as effective against infections, Pfizer CEO says.
8 March 2022
Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali says 123,053 Covid-19 cases were reported among children aged under 12 this year as of March 5, including some who were hospitalised or admitted to ICU.
4 March 2022
After meeting the parents of Revnesh Kumar who died at age 13, Khairy Jamaluddin says MOH wants to conduct more tests on internal tissue samples that may need to be sent abroad for further examination.
2 March 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin or Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah will explain at a press conference tomorrow details of the death of 13-year-old Revnesh Kumar that occurred 18 days after Covid-19 vaccination.