November 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
The Covid-19 vaccination platform for children aged 6 months to 4 years opened on Friday morning, November 11, 2022 Greece’s health authorities For this age group, Greece has taken delivery of Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19. The first of the new vaccines for this age group will start to be administered …
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September 1, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
The European Medicines Agency has approved two booster vaccines against the Omicron variant of COVID-19 manufactured by drugmakers Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Following an extraordinary meeting at its headquarters in Amsterdam, the EMA explained that the adapted vaccines “can extend protection against different variants and are therefore expected to help maintain …
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December 9, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Wednesday that a 4th Covid vaccine dose may be needed sooner than expected due to the Omicron variant. Speaking to US network CNBC Bourla said that he originally expected a fourth dose 12 months after the third, but he told CNBC it might be …
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November 10, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The platform to book booster shot for people who got the Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccines will open five and a half months after the second dose, but the jab will be administered after a minimum period of six months, according to a Health Ministry official on Wednesday. Recipients of …
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October 12, 2021
Economy
Two digital investments by Pfizer, the Global Center for Digital Innovation and the Global Center for Business Operations and Services, were inaugurated in Thessaloniki on Tuesday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. The investment will contribute 650 million euros to the northern port city’s economy and …
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August 25, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has said experts at the global biopharmaceutical company believe a Covid-19 vaccine-resistant variant is likely to emerge. “Every time that the variant appears in the world, our scientists are getting their hands around it,” Bourla told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” on Tuesday. “And they are researching …
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June 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Α 40-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of two vials of Covid-19 vaccine from the vaccination center in Peristeri, western Athens, on Tuesday. According to police, the man, a suspected drug user, had visited the site in order to get vaccinated. Immediately after he was administered …
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May 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A new drug to treat Covid-19 could be available soon, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Friday and reiterated that he is against the vaccines patents waiver. He added that a third dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine would be needed and the vaccination should be repeated every year. Speaking …
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April 16, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Albert Bourla, the Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer pharmaceutical, warned that a third vaccine dose might be necessary in comments published on Thursday. Bourla said he expects those fully vaccinated against Covid will need a third dose within 12 months. Those who have been fully vaccinated might be required to …
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February 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greek Police is investing the mysterious “disappearance” of a Pfizer vaccine vial from a vaccination center in the suburb of Peristeri, West Athens, on Wednesday afternoon. A nurse who spoke to the police on Wednesday said that she took out a vial from the freezer to administer a dose and …
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December 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A special flight carrying the first large delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines against the coronavirus landed at “Eleftherios Venizelos” international airport in Athens short after 8:30 on Tuesday. A whole delegation consisting of members of the health ministry, the civil defense service, the armed forces, police, and fire brigade were …
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November 9, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech on Monday became the first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. The companies said the vaccine was more than 90% effective and they have so far found no serious safety concerns, priming it for possible …
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March 8, 2013
Economy, Society
One by one, 203 drugs in total have disappeared from the Greek pharmaceutical market during the last months. Of them “25 are unique and 3 are irreplaceable” state NET Tv said this morning. “The lack of three or four caused treatment problems to patients therefore they were imported by IFET, the …
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