Johnson & Johnson plans to complete the third phase of trials of its single-dose vaccine against COVID-19 in mid-January 2021. Paul Stoffels, vice chairman of the executive committee, senior scientific expert at Johnson & Johnson said they plan to deliver to market 1 billion doses.
“We are in the middle of the third phase of testing, which we plan to complete in mid-January, so the results will be in the first quarter of the new year. We are also increasing production and plan to deliver 1 billion doses of vaccine next year. Provided it is a single dose vaccine, 1 billion people will be able to be get vaccinated”, he said.
According to him, the company also expects to increase the shelf life of the vaccine at 2-8C for up to one year. Currently, the vaccine is stable at this temperature for three months.
The American oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil had one of the worst years in its history. Exxon shares have fallen by 45.36% since the beginning of 2020. The company has lost money for three quarters in a row, and in August they were excluded from the benchmark index of “blue chips” Dow Jones Industrial […]
The mRNA-1273 vaccine from the American company Moderna will be tested on three thousand children in six US states. CNN reported this on Wednesday, December 2. “Moderna has started inviting children over the age of 12 to try the vaccine” the statement said. It is noted that the study will involve volunteers aged 12-18 from […]
The American company Pfizer and the German BioNTech have applied to the European Medicines Agency for registration of their coronavirus vaccine. The announcement was published on the BioNTech website. “On Monday, November 30, Pfizer and BioNTech filed a formal application with the European Medicines Agency for a conditional authorization to use their COVID-19 candidate vaccine […]
The National Bank did not go out this week with interventions on the interbank market, according to the press service of the regulator on Friday, November 27. The Central Bank has been refusing to buy or sell currency for three weeks in a row. At the same time, since the beginning of the year, the […]
Last week, from November 16 to 22, more than 4 million people in the world became infected with the new type of coronavirus, which is a record number since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced on Tuesday, November 24, the press service of the World Health Organization. According to the WHO, in these […]
With the appearance of an effective vaccine against coronavirus and the subsequent recovery of the world economy, the US dollar may fall by 20%. This was reported by the Financial Times. It is noted that banks, which already had negative forecasts for the dollar next year, deteriorated expectations against the background of the emergence of […]
If coronavirus vaccines become widely available and help restore international trade and economic growth, the dollar is likely to fall by 20% in 2021. Bloomberg reports that this forecast was made by Citigroup Bank. If the forecast comes true, it will be a record drop since 1985, when the DXY index fell by 18.5% over […]
The court satisfied the claim of the state-owned PrivatBank to Agroterminal and decided to collect UAH 1 billion in debt from it as a guarantor of Boryvazh. This is stated in the decision of the Commercial Court of Odessa region. According to court materials, PrivatBank terminated the loan agreement due to the debtor’s breach of […]
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Automaker General Motors has introduced the Buick Electra Concept. The electric car is designed for four people and has a minimalist design. The car can travel more than 660 km without recharging. It takes 4.3 seconds to accelerate to 100 km / h. The total power of the two engines reaches to 583 horsepower. It […]
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The Agrofusion agribusiness holding intends to invest $ 50 million in building a plant for processing tomatoes in the Mykolaiv region. This is stated in a message on the site of the Mykolayiv Regional State Administration. “The Agrofusion Company begins construction of a new plant for processing tomatoes in Snigirevskyi district, which will be the largest […]
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Russia’s external government debt reached $61.97 billion as of February 1, 2026, the highest figure in the past 20 years, according to data from the Ministry of Finance of Russia, reported by The Moscow Times. As of January 1, 2006, Russia’s external public debt stood at $76.5 billion, but by 2007 it had fallen to […]
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Google has agreed to pay $135 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by smartphone users who accused the company of illegally collecting mobile data through the Android operating system. According to Reuters, a preliminary settlement has been submitted to the federal court in San Jose, California, and still requires approval by a judge. The […]
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In the 9th year AD, the Roman proconsul Publius Quinctilius Varus returned to the German provinces with three legions to suppress the rebellion of the tribe. He did it successfully three years earlier – but this time, the enemy has decided to change strategy, and the legions were destroyed. Last cry of Varus is known […]
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The world’s largest car manufacturing company Volkswagen, which has recently been involved in a major diesel scandal for understating of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere, will now be sued in court on charges of violation of environmental legislation. Recently the USA Department of Justice filed a civil suit in federal court. The statement […]
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Online resource Entrepreneur has published interesting and instructive stories from the lives of American and Canadian founders of the business in which they share the lessons they got from the worse mentors in their life Be a mentor Name: Melissa Ben-Ishay, Company: Baked By Melissa Lesson: The importance of open communication. When I think of the […]
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The “Industrial Milk Company” Agricultural holding (IMC, Kiev) plans to build a dairy farm for 700 heads in the Repkinsky district of the Chernigiv region until 2018. This was announced by the CEO of the company Alex Lissitsa. According to him, the company intends to modernize the dairy complex in the Repkinsky district in the […]
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For the first time in the history of the European Union, sales of fully electric vehicles have surpassed those of cars powered exclusively by gasoline engines. This is shown in a new December report by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). According to the data, electric vehicles accounted for 22.6% of all new car registrations […]
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AirBaltic will launch a direct flight from Vilnius to Kyiv on October 6. The presented schedule shows that flights will be performed three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to Boryspil Airport. Herewith departures from Vilnius are scheduled for 6:55, return from Kiev – at 09:10. Travel time will be 1:00 20 minutes. […]
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The Cabinet of Ministers has authorized the Office for Investment Attraction and Support (UkraineInvest) to accompany persons who invest more than 20 million euros in Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers made the decision at a meeting the day before. Now UkraineInvest will support the investor in the preparation and implementation of the project with significant […]
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By 2024, more than 300 branches of Privatbank will be closed; more than six thousand employees will be fired. Such measures are spelled out in the financial institution’s development strategy approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. It is noted that the bank should leave 1250 branches (according to data for 2020, 1688 of them), and […]
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The American company Cargill invests $ 100 million in the construction of a grain terminal in the Ukrainian Yuzhnyi sea port (Odessa region). This was announced by the Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk at the signing ceremony of the investment agreement, which took place on Wednesday in the Cabinet of Ministers. “It’s been 7 months, and […]
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American company Zynga Inc. that creates popular social network games has closed a deal to buy everyone in circulation in the shares of the Turkish Peak Games. It is reported that the payment was almost equal to the funds and ordinary shares of the company. As part of the operation, Zynga received two franchises from […]
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Four world’s biggest enterprises who producing tobacco products – British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International appealed this week to the court against the government, where they are opposed to the introduction of a new law in Britain banning branded a pack of cigarettes. According to the law, which will […]
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