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Thonburi Healthcare Group (THG) chairman Boon Vanasin on Thursday confirmed that THG will sign a deal with Germany BioNTech to import 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Thailand.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was safe and effective in adolescents as young as 12, the drug companies announced Wednesday in a joint news release.

BioNTech and Pfizer raised this year's production target for their covid-19 vaccine to as many as 2.5 billion doses, with the biotech's chief executive predicting a version of the shot that can be stored in refrigerators will be ready within months.

Hong Kong and Macao temporarily suspended covid-19 vaccines manufactured by BioNTech because of a packaging defect, dealing a blow to inoculation drives seen as key to reviving the cities' pandemic-battered economies.

BioNTech could have capacity to make 3 billion doses of covid-19 vaccine with U.S. partner Pfizer next year, the German company's chief executive officer said, making their pioneering shot far more widely available around the world.

The Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine appeared to stop the vast majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing the first real-world indication that the immunization will curb transmission of the coronavirus.

Pfizer and BioNTech built the case that their Covid-19 vaccine will protect against the new variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the U.K. with results of another lab trial.

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE plan to produce 2 billion doses of their coronavirus vaccine this year, boosting previously expected output by more than 50% in response to surging global demand.

The European Union is negotiating with Pfizer and BioNTech on a deal that could double their supply of covid-19 vaccine to the region, according to people familiar with the talks.

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE offered to supply South Africa with their coronavirus vaccine at a discounted $10 a dose, yet the president's office still described the cost as prohibitive, according to a person familiar with the talks.

Pfizer Inc. partner BioNTech SE is pursuing all its options to make more coronavirus vaccine doses than the 1.3 billion the companies have promised to produce next year, according to the German firm's chief executive officer.

WASHINGTON - Federal advisers endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, making it all but certain the Food and Drug Administration will authorize the vaccine on an emergency basis within hours or days, kicking off an unprecedented effort to inoculate enough Americans to stop a rampaging pandemic.