The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer may apply for permission to use its oral drug for the treatment of COVID-19, at the end of this year. This was announced on Thursday by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer Albert Burla.
“In addition, our scientists are developing an oral drug to treat COVID-19. The initial signs are promising. And if all goes well, we can apply for permission [for the use of these drugs] by the end of this year,” said Burla.
He spoke with US President Joe Biden to reporters in the town of St. Ives in the English county of Cornwall, where the G7 summit opened on Friday. The US leader announced in this speech that the US government will purchase from Pfizer 500 million doses of vaccines against the new coronavirus for transfer to nearly 100 low-income countries in 2021-2022.
The Ministry of Finance held an auction for the sale of domestic government bonds (IGLBs), which raised UAH 1.89 billion to the state budget. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, August 3. In total, investors were offered five issues of securities in hryvnia. The weighted average yield […]
The Polish oil and gas concern PGNiG wants to take part in the certification procedure of the Russian Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. “PGNiG and PGNiG Supply & Trading have applied for inclusion in the certification process of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline operator. The outcome of the review determines whether the pipeline owner will receive […]
In the first half of the year, Ukrainian banks received UAH 30.077 billion in net profit (+ 26.4% compared to last year), according to the press service of the National Bank. Thus, banks’ revenues for the six months amounted to 124.134 billion hryvnias against 128.620 billion hryvnias a year earlier. The negative result from revaluation […]
The payment company Square (owned by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey) has acquired the financial firm Afterpay, which provides online installments. The deal, the largest in the history of Australian companies, amounted to 29 billion dollars, according to the website Square. “Square, Inc. and Afterpay Limited have announced that they have entered into an agreement under […]
The Luxembourg National Data Protection Commission has fined Amazon $ 887 million for violating the processing of users’ personal data. The Commission has decided that the processing of Amazon’s personal data does not comply with EU data protection regulations. Claims are related to showing customers relevant advertising. This is a record fine for such violations […]
China’s industrial growth, which began in the country a year ago, has slowed markedly since the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the Chinese State Statistics Office on Saturday, July 31, the figure fell to 50.4 points in July. In June, it was 50.9 points. A […]
Ukraine continues to work on prevention the Russian Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline from operating. The methods by which Kyiv hopes to prevent the launch of the gas pipeline were revealed by the head of Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko in an interview with Radio Svoboda. “The battle is lost, but the war is not lost. And our” […]
Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrak denied his deputy Anna Yurchenko’s statement about toll roads in Ukraine. The day before, she said that six such roads are planned to be built in Ukraine and called the estimated cost of travel on them. “I will explain why this information is not true, and what is really happening,” Kubrak […]
The electronics company LG has completely stopped producing smartphones. The latest gadgets of this brand are Velvet 2 Pro and LG Rollable. These smartphones never hit the free market. And the rest of the models LG sells to its employees working in South Korea. By the way, the only factory that specialized in the manufacture […]
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The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer may apply for permission to use its oral drug for the treatment of COVID-19, at the end of this year. This was announced on Thursday by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer Albert Burla. “In addition, our scientists are developing an oral drug to treat […]
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McLaren has introduced the McLaren Artura hybrid sports car. The car is equipped with a 3-liter V6 engine with dual supercharging and an electric battery. The total power of the sports car is 671 horsepower and torque is 531 Nm. The McLaren Artura sports car accelerates to 96 km / h in 3 seconds. The […]
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The “Bunge Ukraine” company launches a new oil-extraction plant in Mykolaiv region. The estimated capacity is 2400 t / day. According to the “APK-Inform”, as referred to the sources of the company, the “Bunge Ukraine” company plans to put into operation the oil-extraction plant in Mykolaiv region in the coming months. Currently, the pre-commissioning activities […]
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Asian and Pacific Forum of Economic Cooperation (APFEC) of countries has taken place on 19-20thof November 2016 in Lima (Peru).The key political figures who representing different regions of the world will discuss the prospects of a further cooperation within the two-day meeting. It is especially important against the background of presidential elections in America results. It […]
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Shares of Starbucks recovered from losses of February and March due to the pandemic and rose by 19.7% over the past 6 months. But shares fell again after the publication of the quarterly report, which ended September 30. Starbucks revenue and profit for the 4th quarter of fiscal 2020 showed a strong jump in growth […]
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The deal on the absorption by the US company Liberty Media group of companies Formula 1 is currently closed. Liberty Media has confirmed the completion of the absorption of the prestigious auto-racing Formula 1, and said that a new CEO position will head Chase Kerry. He succeeds his predecessor, Bernie Ecclestone. It became known from […]
NextNationalization of PrivatBank, lawsuits against Apple, and the most interesting ideas from leading industry executives. Only that is really worth your attention 1. Privat is no longer private On December 18 at 23:30 p.m. it was posted the information on the site of the Governmental portal of Ukraine that […]
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Ukraine is in the top 10 countries with the highest earnings on Bitcoin in 2020 – Ukrainian investors received about $ 400 million in profits on cryptocurrency. The Ministry of Finance with reference to the data of the analytical company Chainalysis reported this. The authors of the rating draw attention to the obvious dominance of […]
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Along of goods transit blockade by Russia, and also its trade aggression, Ukraine in 2016 will lose about $900 million Natalya Mikolskaya, the deputy Minister of economic development, the sales representative of Ukraine declares that losses of Ukraine owing to trade aggression of Russia will have constituted $900 million until the end of the year. […]
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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to revoke the banking license and eliminate the Soyuz bank. It is reported by the National Bank press service. The liquidation of the bank will be held under the compact procedure due to violations in the sphere of financial monitoring legislation, – noted in the NBU. “The […]
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A major manufacturer of products, Unilever Company intends to launch a tea factory in the Kiev region in the second half of 2016. The company has already invested in the project € 8.3 million. “Unilever will launch its own tea factory in Gostomel. Unilever works on the project from the middle of 2015, and at […]
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The Cargill chances to prove the legitimacy of the withdrawal of assets from the Delta Bank in the amount of 2.5 billion USD are reducing. Yesterday, the Supreme Commercial Court partially satisfied the cassation of the liquidator Delta Bank, canceled the previous court decisions on the loan company “Yablunevyi dar” and returned the case in […]
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At the end of July 2020, the dollar billionaires owned a record $ 10.2 trillion. This is evidenced by the results of a joint study by consulting and auditing company PwC and UBS Bank, published on Wednesday, October 7. The previous peak of $ 8.9 trillion was recorded in 2017. Now the number of billionaires […]
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According to the sources, “Gazprom”, JSC demands to annul the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) of the fine in the amount of 85.966 billion UAH through the Commercial Court of Kiev. The claim is registered in the court on April, 12. “Naftogaz of Ukraine” and “Ukrtransgaz” must be the third parties in […]
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The American producer of vegetable meat products Impossible Foods expects that investors will estimate it at $ 10 billion during the listing. The company plans to go public this year, but has not yet decided how to become a public company, reports Reuters, citing knowledgeable interlocutors. According to them, the company is now exploring the […]
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