The American company Pfizer, which developed in partnership with the German BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus COVID-19, expects revenue from sales of this drug in 2021 for $ 15 billion.
This year the company hopes to produce 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine. The drug is expected to generate a quarter of Pfizer’s total revenue, which is expected to reach $ 61.4 billion, compared to $ 59.4 billion in 2020.
The company expects that COVID-19 vaccines may be needed for a long time to fight emerging variants of the virus and to boost patients’ immune responses.
In addition, Pfizer is launching a study to determine whether a third dose of COVID-19, given 6-12 months after the initial vaccinations, can prolong and improve efficacy with more contagious variants of coronavirus.
Apple Inc, according to a lawsuit filed by Epic Games Inc., must allow mobile app developers to redirect users to alternative resources to pay for services in the App Store. The Wall Street Journal reported this. A 30% commission is now charged on each purchase. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers concluded that Apple’s practice was uncompetitive […]
The World Bank will provide Ukraine with a second tranche of $ 350 million, but subject to certain conditions. WB Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde told Interfax-Ukraine what exactly is expected from Kyiv. “The prospects for the second tranche of the Economic Recovery Development Policy Loan depend on maintaining an adequate […]
September 13, 2021 — Stockholm, Sweden — Beetroot AB, the tech division of the Beetroot ecosystem, opens a new location in Mariupol, Ukraine. The company is currently accepting applications for over fifty software development vacancies in its international client projects. In Mariupol, Beetroot will focus on building teams of tech specialists to work on a […]
The American multinational corporation Google, fined in France for copyright infringement, has announced its intention to appeal the decision of the French regulatory authorities. This was announced on Wednesday, September 1, the chairman of the board of Google France Sebastien Missoff. “We do not agree with some legal nuances and consider the amount of the […]
As of September 1, 11,499 agreements have been concluded within the land market. Poltava (2,873.6 ha) and Kharkiv (2,747.4 ha) regions are in the lead. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. It is noted that 4836 notaries have applied for access to the State Land Cadastre. A total […]
In the first half of 2021, Metinvest earned $ 2.769 billion compared to a loss of $ 240 million a year earlier, according to the company’s press service. According to the financial report, as of June 30, the Group’s net debt decreased by 52% since the beginning of the year – to $ 1.016 billion, […]
The State Property Fund of Ukraine has put the Vinnytsia diamond processing plant Crystal up for privatization auction for almost 90 million hryvnias. This is stated in the message of the Foundation. It is noted that the plant not only cuts and grinds precious stones, but also makes jewelry. They produce more than five thousand […]
In the first half of the year, the National Bank suffered UAH 12 billion in losses, according to the central bank’s press service. In this regard, next year, according to the forecast, the NBU will transfer to the budget UAH 13.6 billion, which is 1.8 times less than this year (UAH 24.4 billion). It is […]
McDonald’s will start producing vegan chops for burgers next year. This was reported by CNBC with reference to the company’s president Jan Borden. According to him, McDonald’s will independently produce vegan chops for its burgers. While we are talking about beef substitutes, but in the future in the restaurants may appear vegan “chicken”. “Vegetarian chops […]
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One of the biggest Ukrainian trade and industrial groups Fozzy Group, which is a part of PJSC Holding Invest (Kyiv), has received permission from the Antimonopoly Committee for the purchase of Boguslavskii zavod prodtovariv (Kyiv region, city Bohuslav) and a plant for fish processing Vohni hestii (legal address – Kyiv, physical address – Zhytomyr). This […]
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On 23rd of November 2016 the Cabinet of Minister’s representatives have reported about the results in the sphere of business simplification in Ukraine . According to a report, 367 regulatory legal acts have been cancelled. It concerns a law system, notary service payment mechanism for the legal entities, agricultural sector, standard assessment calculation procedures of […]
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In the second quarter, the Australian economy fell by 7% to the first quarter amid a coronavirus pandemic. In the previous quarter, the decline was 0.3%. Thus, Australia has entered a recession for the first time in 30 years. The quarterly decline in GDP has been the highest since the beginning of observations in 1959. […]
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Already in the first days of 2017 tariffs on gasoline and diesel fuel have risen slightly. Such data are provided by leading Ukrainian company Consulting Group A-95, which conducts professional study of the market of petroleum products. Prices for gasoline and diesel fuel rose within 1.6%, and liquefied petroleum gas, on the other hand, fell […]
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Spotify Technology SA, owner of the Tinder Match Group Inc., computer game developer Epic Games Inc and ten other companies have formed a coalition to put pressure on Apple Inc and other app store operators to change placement rules, according to The Wall Street Journal. In the statement from The Coalition for App Fairness, (“Coalition […]
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According to the statement of the new management of the Creative company was opened a criminal proceeding for illegal withdrawal of the group’s assets. It is reported by the “Ukrainian News”. In February 2016 Holosiivskyi District Court of Kiev ordered the freezing of assets of the companies “Protein-Production”, “League” and “Yagotynske HPP”. Seizure of assets […]
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After criticism of Donald Trump on autoenterprise facilities in Mexico, the US company for the construction of Chrysler cars decided to take only the local development of vehicles. It is reported by Ukrainian investment portal InVenture. So the company decided to create 2000 additional jobs in the United States planning to invest $ 1 billion […]
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Avellana Gold Ltd. has become the owner of PJSC Carpathian metallic mineral company. Interfax-Ukraine has informed about it. According to information, placed on the website, the foreign holding also invests about 400 million dollars in the development of an industrial complex. The agreement on investment attraction was signed on November 16,2016. Other details of the […]
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The “Genotropin” drug, series MO5229, is forbidden to realization, storage and using according to the information received by The State Service of Ukraine on Medicinal Products from the regulatory body field of quality control of medicines in Denmark. The State Service of Ukraine on Medicinal Products published on its website the Order ?577-2.0.1 / 2.0 / […]
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Following the results of the first half of 2021 in Ukraine the outflow of investments proceeds, the chairman of Council of National Bank Bohdan Danylyshyn reported on Wednesday, August 4, on Facebook. According to him, foreign direct investment in the economy of Ukraine due to the participation of a direct investor in capital increased by […]
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Shares of Uber, which rose on 16.7% since the beginning of the year, fell 2.65% after the close of trading on Thursday, in response to the results of the second quarter. Uber management called the quarter “the hardest in history”, given the sharp drop in passenger traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same […]
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In July-September 2020, Ukrainian banks closed 251of the structural subdivisions, reducing the regional network to 7329 branches by October 1. This is stated in the data of the National Bank. Most branches in the third quarter were closed by the state Oschadbank – 166, reducing its total number to 1931. During the same period, the […]
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OPEC + member states have agreed to increase oil production by 400,000 bpd per month from August. This is stated in a press release from OPEC. It is noted that the OPEC + countries will seek to eliminate the current restrictions in September 2022. Thus in December, 2021 the estimation of the market is given. […]
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The “Auchan” network won a lawsuit against the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine in the case of cartel retailers. In April 2015 the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine made a decision on the most massive and scandalous case in the food retail market – the cartel of 14 retailers, which, according to the AMC, has led to […]
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January 17 of this year it became known on completion of the procedure of purchase of one of the largest in Eastern Europe IT-company SoftServe assets of Polish developer Coders Centre software, as reported online edition Inventure. The exact amount of the said financial transaction is not advertised, but experts believe that it is between […]
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