Organisation: BioNTech

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<p>Frankfurt-listed shares of BioNTech fell by more than 7% after partner Pfizer slashed its full-year revenue forecast on lower sales of its covid vaccine and treatment. File picture: Thomas Lohnes/Getty</p>

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Shares trade higher but focus remains on Middle East conflict

Investors remained risk-averse on prospects of escalation in Israel's attack on Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attacks

<p>The amended contract matches "evolving needs", said EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides in a statement. Picture: Andy Gibson.</p>

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Pfizer and BioNTech reach a deal with EU to change covid vaccine contract

<p>Last week, the World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for covid.</p>

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Pfizer covid-partner BioNTech has almost €19bn in cash for cancer and other diseases

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Scientist receives UCC honorary doctorate for work on covid vaccine

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Drug companies face Covid cliff as sales set to plummet this year

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Pfizer predicts Covid-19 vaccines will remain 'multi-billion-dollar revenue generators'

Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech over Covid vaccine

Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first vaccine approved in the US, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2022

Pfizer-partner BioNTech forecasts decline in vaccine sales for full year

Moderna was more bullish last week, forecasting higher vaccine sales for the second half of the year than in the first, as it expects demand for booster shots in the autumn

Mon, 09 May, 2022

Seven children mistakenly given adult vaccine dosage

The errors came to light when children came to mass vaccination centres for their second dose, and vaccinators spotted incorrect information on their card

Mon, 07 Feb, 2022

Shingles is latest target of Covid vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech

Meanwhile, shares in biotech company Valneva fell again in Paris trade on Wednesday, declining for the seventh day in a row

Wed, 05 Jan, 2022

Pfizer expects €25bn in Covid vaccine sales in 2022

It has the capacity to produce 4 billion doses in 2022 and has based its projections on sales of 1.7 billion doses

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021

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Amnesty slams pharmas over 'unprecedented human rights crisis' of vaccine inequality

Amnesty International has criticised AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson, Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer for refusing to participate in initiatives aimed at boosting global vaccine supply

Wed, 22 Sep, 2021

Vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna may tap €5bn from annual booster shots

Drugmakers Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna are expected to reap billions of euros from Covid-19 booster shots in a market that could rival the $6bn (€5bn) in annual sales for flu vaccines for years to come, analysts and healthcare investors say.

Fri, 13 Aug, 2021

Vaccine producer BioNTech set to deliver huge boost to German economy

Development and domestic production of groundbreaking Covid-19 vaccine by German start-up BioNTech could boost economic growth in Europe's largest economy by up to 0.5 percentage points this year, says economist

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021

AstraZeneca shares fall as Britain issues latest vaccine blood clot data

Shares of its main European rival, BioNTech, climbed sharply in Frankfurt trade

Fri, 02 Apr, 2021

Ireland's Covid cases are rising, but we are still in a good position compared to our neighbours

There is hope now for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic but many months to go before normality returns.

Wed, 16 Dec, 2020

Covid-19: Taoiseach warns of 'huge' project to roll out vaccine

Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Dáil that he would not be nominating one person to oversee the project but will, instead, rely on the expertise and experience of health officials.

Wed, 02 Dec, 2020

Covid-19: The immigrant heroes behind the BioNTech vaccine

Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci are the co-founders of BioNTech SE, the German company that — with its American partner Pfizer — appears closest to rolling out a working vaccine against Covid-19

Sun, 15 Nov, 2020

Covid-19 vaccine news hints at windfall for Irish Pfizer shareholders

Pfizer has around 4,000 employees in Ireland currently, including around 800 in Ringaskiddy and Little Island in Cork.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2020

Pfizer Inc. Research And Development Center Ahead Of Earnings Figures

Pfizer and BioNTech may know before rivals about Covid vaccine shot

Companies plan first look after 32 coronavirus infections in massive 44-000-person trial

Tue, 22 Sep, 2020

John Whelan: Frantic drive underway to develop a vaccine

The drive to find a vaccine to combat the coronavirus is well underway. Several large pharmaceutical and smaller biotech companies are working on making new antibodies, drugs and vaccines to combat the coronavirus disease but lack of funds may yet get in the way, writes John Whelan.

Sun, 22 Mar, 2020