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 BNT162b2,” the companies said in a joint statement.
If the EU Medicines Agency decides that the benefits of a candidate vaccine outweigh the risks, it recommends the drug to be authorized. This will allow to start using the drug in Europe by the end of 2020.
Bloomberg and the Financial Times reported that the UK could be the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech. According to them, the drug can be approved “in the coming days”, deliveries will begin within a few hours after obtaining permission, and the first vaccinations will be made from December 7.
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 […]
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development intends to provide the “Astarta” agro-holding a loan of $ 20 million. The money will be spent for modernization of sugar factories. This was said in the message of the bank. According to the report, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering the possibility to give […]
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Facebook has begun merging Messenger and Instagram chats into a single correspondence system. The Verge writes about it. Reportedly, till August 14, many users of both iOS and Android devices in the Instagram mobile application began to receive notifications about the possibility of correspondence with friends who use Facebook. After the update, the usual Direct […]
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From December 21, 2018, to February 15, 2019, application acceptance for participation in the Ukrainian School of Political Studies in 2019 continues. From December 21, 2018, to February 15, 2019, application acceptance for participation in the Ukrainian School of Political Studies in 2019 continues – one of the most successful educational network projects in Ukraine, […]
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American oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips is in talks to acquire rival company Concho Resources, Bloomberg agency reported, citing to the sources that familiar with the matter. “Companies may announce the operation in the next few weeks,” – say the interlocutors of the agency. However, there is no final decision yet, and negotiations may fail. […]
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Tesla has agreed with a number of banks to cooperate in the sale of shares in the company totaling up to $ 5 billion, according to the US corporation. “We have entered into a share distribution agreement … under which we may from time to time offer and sell our ordinary shares with a total […]
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Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has fined the Russian company “Gazprom” for 85 billion UAH for abuse of monopoly power. This information was announced by the head of department Yuriy Terentyev on his Facebook. He emphasized that the “Gazprom” is a monopolist in the market of transit of natural gas through main pipelines on the territory […]
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Kodak’s shares fell by 42.87% to $ 8.50 per share at the opening of trading of US, after which paper trading was temporarily suspended. According to the New York Stock Exchange, the decline in shares slowed to 33%. Quotes fell after the announcement of the termination of the loan agreement for Kodak for $ 765 […]
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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law №3637 on virtual assets. LIGA.net reports, 230 people’s deputies voted for this document. According to the explanatory note, the market for virtual assets in Ukraine has been already formed and has existed for about five years, but it is completely outside the […]
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Apple has patented the new method with the help of the smartphone will be able to repair damage to the display. Such technology can be implemented in the iPhones of the future generations with the flexible displays. The display will be covered with the layer of the elastomer which has highly elastic properties and viscosity. […]
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Shares of Dell Technologies rose after the company released results for the second quarter of fiscal 2021, which ended July 31 this year. Since the beginning of the year, shares of Dell Technologies have risen by about 21.5% compared to the growth of the S&P 500 by 7.85%. Dell reported a decrease in earnings per […]
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Tesla Inc. paid its chairman and founder, Elon Musk, $ 3 million in compensation for D&O insurance to defend, settle disputes, or make court decisions. This was reported by Insurance Business. This insurance covers the expenses of the members of the board of directors, which are not included in the general expenses of the top […]
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If re-rigid quarantine is introduced, the Ukrainian economy will lose three times less than during the spring lockdown. This was stated on ICTV by the adviser to the head of the President’s Office Tymofiy Milovanov. According to him, the second lockdown will be easier, because during this time the economy has adapted to the conditions […]
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Google has updated its application store policy: the corporation makes it mandatory to use its payment system for digital purchases on the Google Play. The new rules will take effect in a year, on September 30, 2021. The update of the usage policy means that in a year application developers will not be able to […]
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International company Luxoft (the headquarters – Zug), which develops software and is engaged in the export of IT – services, announced its intentions to buy leading IT – company from Ukraine – IntroPro LLC. It is reported by Ukrainian source Inventure. With regard to the financial terms of the deal – its nuances were not […]
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South Korean company Samsung Electronics in the third quarter of this year took first place in the global smartphone market. This was reported on Friday by KBS, citing data from the international research company Counterpoint Research. According to this data, during this period, Samsung controlled 22% of the world market. In second place is the […]
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