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The reduction will affect all European countries, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) has said

Pfizer delay to have 'modest' impact on vaccine rollout

Coronavirus • 15 Jan

Professor Karina Butler said the AstraZeneca vaccine would allow easier rollout at a community level

EMA may approve AstraZeneca vaccine by end of month

Coronavirus • 08 Jan

The BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine has been delivered in less than a year

From the lab to the jab: The BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine

Coronavirus • 26 Dec 20

A phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

US FDA staff back Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine data

Coronavirus • 08 Dec 20

Effective immunisation is seen as the main weapon against the pandemic (stock image)

Cabinet approves purchase of Moderna Covid vaccine

Coronavirus • 01 Dec 20

Announcement had been expected

Pfizer/BioNTech to seek emergency approval for vaccine

Coronavirus • 20 Nov 20

Vaccine was developed with German partner BioNTech

Pfizer ends Covid-19 trial with 95% efficacy

Coronavirus • 18 Nov 20

Warren Buffett normally handles large investments for Berkshire's $245.3 billion stock portfolio himself

Buffett's Berkshire bets on Big Pharma

Business • 17 Nov 20

About a dozen Covid-19 vaccines around the world are currently in the final stages of testing

What progress is being made with Covid-19 vaccines?

Coronavirus • 09 Nov 20

Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE are the first drug-makers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine

Medical experts cautiously optimistic over vaccine news

News Lens • 09 Nov 20

European stock markets are soaring today on Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine hopes

World markets soar on coronavirus vaccine hopes

Business • 09 Nov 20

Pfizer plans to build a development facility on its existing Ringaskiddy site in Co Cork

Pfizer to create 300 jobs in Dublin, Kildare and Cork

Business • 02 Nov 20

Pfizer hopes to be the first US drugmaker to unveil successful data from a late-stage Covid-19 vaccine trial

Pfizer not yet ready to release Covid-19 vaccine data

Business • 27 Oct 20

The European Commission in talks with BioNTech-Pfizer to buy up to 300 million doses of a potential vaccine against Covid-19

EU enters final talks for BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine

Business • 09 Sep 20

Pfizer has taken a roughly $500m hit to sales due to a drop in visits to hospital or the doctor's office due to Covid-19

Pfizer raises forecast despite Covid-19 impact

Business • 28 Jul 20

Pfizer and Moderna have launched two 30,000-subject trials of Covid-19 vaccines

Moderna, Pfizer start decisive Covid-19 vaccine trials

Business • 28 Jul 20

Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech are among a handful of companies racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine for Covid-19

US to pay Pfizer $1.95 billion for Covid-19 vaccines

Business • 22 Jul 20

The drug is one of 17 being tested on humans in a frantic global race to find a vaccine

BioNTech and Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine shows potential

Business • 01 Jul 20

Sanofi expects to get approval for the potential Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with GlaxoSmithKline by the first half of next year

Sanofi eyes approval of Covid-19 vaccine by H1 2021

Business • 23 Jun 20

Pfizer is among the many drugmakers in the race to develop a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic

Pfizer sticks to forecast after Q1 profit boost

Business • 28 Apr 20

Mylan and Pfizer blame the coronavirus pandemic for the delay to their merger deal

Mylan, Pfizer delay merger due to Covid-19 outbreak

Business • 26 Mar 20

Pfizer has today raised its earnings forecast for the year

Pfizer beats profit estimates, ups earnings forecast

Business • 29 Oct 19

Purdue Pharma has agreed tentative multibillion-dollar deal with some plaintiffs aimed at settling thousands of lawsuits over its alleged role in the US opioid crisis

Purdue deal to rank among biggest in pharma history

Business • 16 Sep 19

The new company is to be based in the United States and incorporated in Delaware

Mylan to combine with Pfizer's off-patent drugs unit

Business • 29 Jul 19

Pfizer has been investing in cancer drugs and gene therapies in the face of competition for its blockbuster pain drug Lyrica

Pfizer buys cancer drug developer Array for $10.64 bn

Business • 17 Jun 19

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