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Covid: Novartis to help Pfizer manufacturing their vaccine in Europe

This Friday January 29, after Sanofi, it is now Novartis laboratories’ turn to announce they have a deal with Pfizer to help them manufacture their vaccine. Goal? Getting round the lack hitting countries, as deliveries are lagging behind.

Covid: Sanofi to help Pfizer producing vaccine in Europe

This Tuesday January 26, in the evening, French laboratory Sanofi announced they will help rival Pfizer producing their vaccine in Europe as they are behind elaborating theirs. All in all, over 100 million doses are to be manufactured in Frankfurt by the end of 2021.

Covid: Moderna to modify vaccine to improve its efficacy against variants

This Monday January 25, Moderna Therapeutics laboratory announced they were working on a new version of their vaccine, to make it more effective against variants, especially the South-African strain. That very same day, the group explained their product was effective against the two most spread variants in the world.

Covid: Institut Pasteur to stop developing their main vaccine, as results are not forthcoming

Bad news in the fight against Covid! Institut Pasteur has announced they are stopping the development of their main vaccine project - currently completing clinical trial - as results are not forthcoming. A vaccine that was yet tested in humans this summer and that yet had encouraging results.

Coronavirus: vaccines have side effects, but results are positive, the ANSM says

Covid-19 vaccine adverse effects are still being studied: headaches, shivers, fatigue, as well as sore muscles and in rare cases tachycardia... The French Agency for the Safety of Health Products has recently issued a report on these effects and intends to be reassuring. All in all, 135 cases in 400,000 people studied have been reported and most cases were minor.

Vaccines will be delivered in the EU as planned, in the first quarter of the year, Pfizer says

As worries start to rise because of delivery delays, expected by late January-early February, Pfizer CEO intended to reassure saying doses promised for the first quarter of the year will be delivered in the European Union as planned.

British Covid variant: reinforced controls in France and at the borders

The British variant - as well as the South-African variant - called VOC-2020 has health authorities very worried. More contagious for adults and children, it is now tracked in France, Olivier Véran said this Thursday January 14, at a press brief. Additional measures are made to prevent these variants from spreading.

Covid vaccine: six severe allergy cases reported in France, the ANSM says

This Thursday January 14, the ANSM - the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products - said they have been reporting six cases of severe allergy to Pfizer Covid vaccine in France. This statement completes Health Minister Véran's - made on Tuesday January 12 - as he announced a case of “an adverse effect of an allergic nature” has been identified following Covid vaccine injection.

Covid: Moderna vaccine approved by the Haute Autorité de Santé

Moderna vaccine is now approved by the the Haute Autorité de Santé. French control announced they delivered their decision this Friday Janaury 8, 2021 as for issuing the product on the territory. The vaccine has been approved already this Wednesday January 6 by the European Medicines Agency.

Covid: Moderna vaccine doses to arrive by mid-January in France, Alain Fischer says

Covid vaccine developed by Moderna soon to be issued in France… At least this is what France vaccine campaign coordinator Alain Fischer announced this Friday January 8, 2021 saying the vaccine is to arrive from “mid-January”. News going against what Olivier Véran said as for arrival on the market starting Monday January 11.

Covid: once inoculated, does vaccine prevent from spreading the virus?

According to data already made available Covid vaccines on the market or being approved protect from being contaminated, but do they prevent from transmitting the virus to somebody else? We try to answer this question.

Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca: What are the differences between Covid-19 vaccines?

Even though the vaccine campaign started in France, the general public still has to wait for a few months before getting their vaccine. Which one should you get once the time has come? Let us run through the differences and similarities between vaccines provided by AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the number of doses given differs from country to country

Barely started and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is once again at the heart of debates! After side effects, sometimes very severe noticed in some patients that have had allergic reactions, it is now required to agree on the number of doses to inject to each person! As the United-Kingdom has decided to vaccinate as many people as possible with one dose per patient, France recommends a two-dose vaccine, said to be more effective.

Covid: Is France’s vaccine campaign slower?

As France has launched its Covid vaccine campaign on Sunday December 27, 2020, many people are wondering about the cruising speed of the domestic campaign, slower than other countries’. Keep reading to find out more.

Coronavirus: AstraZeneca says they have found a 100% safe safe formula against the virus

British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca announced their vaccine provides a "winning formula" against severe forms of Covid-19.

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: pregnant women, allergic history… when is it not recommended?

As the first vaccines against coronavirus are to be given from Sunday December 27, 2020 in France, the Haute Autorité de Santé has given the green light to use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Yet, this Covid serum is not recommended to some people. Who are they? Keep reading to find out more.

Covid vaccine: the campaign has started!

The Covid-19 vaccine campaign has started this Sunday December 27 in France. A 78-year-old woman has been the first person vaccinated against coronavirus in France at the René-Muret hospital in Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis.

Covid: France's Haute Autorité de Santé approves Pfizer vaccine

COVID-19: Three days after the European Medicines Agency handed over its verdict as for issuing the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, France's Haute Autorité de Santé allows the vaccine in France. The vaccine campaign is to begin from this Sunday Deceber 27, 2020.

How to recognize conspiracy theories and avoid them

Bill Gates, Big Pharma, coronavirus, 5G… 2020 has seen many conspiracy theories in France. Here is how to recognize the fake news and how to avoid these traps.

Coronavirus in Europe: 12.5 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be delivered by the end of the year

The European Union vaccine campaign is set to start from December 27th. By the end of the year, the European Union is said to get 12.5 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.