SEPANG, Sept 24 — Medical professional Dr Roland Victor, who is charged with making and initiating the transmission of offensive videos about the Covid-19 vaccine, has denied that he instilled fear in Malaysians or discouraged anyone from taking the Pfizer Comirnaty vaccine.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 18 — The existing supply of Covid-19 vaccines is still sufficient for those who want to get a booster dose, especially for those in high-risk groups or with comorbidities, said Health Director-General Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan.

BERLIN, Nov 7 — German vaccine maker BioNTech lowered its 2023 sales forecast for its Covid-19 vaccine yesterday to around €4 billion (RM19.94 billion).

BRUSSELS, Oct 20 — United States (US) pharmaceutical company Pfizer gained unconditional EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its proposed US$43 billion (RM205 billion) acquisition of cancer drug maker Seagen.

HONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 7 — China is in talks with Pfizer Inc to secure a licence that will allow domestic drugmakers to manufacture and distribute a generic version of the U.S.

ANKARA, Aug 27 — US biotechnology firm Moderna is suing rivals Pfizer and BioNTech for infringing patents central to its Covid-19 vaccine technology.

LOS ANGELES, May 24 — Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said Monday that preliminary clinical data showed their three-dose Covid-19 vaccine regimen was 80 per cent effective for children 6 months to 5 years old at preventing illness during the Omicron wave.

REUTERS, April 30 — Pfizer Inc on Friday said a large trial found that its Covid-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid was not effective at preventing coronavirus infection in people living with someone infected with the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The wait and see stance taken by many parents on the vaccination of children aged between five and 11 will undermine the government’s goal of ensuring that 80 percent of children in that age group receive the first dose within a year and 60 percent complete both doses within six months.

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, Jan 31 — Parents who are hesitant in allowing their children to receive the Covid-19 vaccines are advised to take them for health screenings beforehand. Selangor Task Force Operation (STFO) director Dr Mohammad Farhan Rusli said this could help assure the parents...

NEW YORK, Jan 26 — Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Tuesday they started a clinical trial to test a new version of their vaccine specifically designed to target the Covid-19 Omicron variant, which has eluded some of the protection provided by the original two-dose vaccine regimen.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — The vaccination programme for children aged five to 11 is expected to start soon now that Malaysia’s Drug Control Authority has granted conditional approval for the administration of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to children in that age group.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — The Covid-19 Comirnaty vaccine manufactured by Pfizer has been given conditional approval for the immunisation of children aged between five and 11.

ANKARA, Dec 17 — An experimental pill developed by Pfizer to treat Covid-19 can be used in European Union (EU) countries even though its full review is still pending, the bloc’s drug regulator said on Thursday.

NEW YORK, Dec 14 — Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral Covid-19 pill still showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — The government has yet to decide on whether to make Covid-19 booster shots a condition for individuals to be considered fully vaccinated, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — The Technical Working Committee (TWG) under the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force-Booster (CITF-B) has recommended booster dose involving three types of vaccines to be dispensed to all residents aged 18 and above.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The administration of Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to children under the age of 12 will begin in 2022, according to the Health Ministry (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The Health Ministry has granted conditional approval for the Comirnaty vaccine to be used as a booster shot at least six months after the second dose for those aged 18 and above.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 —  A third dose of Covid-19 vaccine, given at an interval of six months after the second dose, can lead to a strong boost in immune response, with an increase of three to five folds in neutralising antibody titers.