Pfizer will test its COVID vaccine in children under 12 years of age. Radio Svoboda reported this with reference to the company’s statement.
The study will involve up to 4,500 children in the United States, Finland, Poland and Spain. The drug is already approved for use in emergencies for adolescents 12 years and older in the United States, Canada and the EU.
The expanded study used a dose of 10 mcg for children 5 to 11 years of age and 3 micrograms for the age group 6 months to 5 years. For comparison, adults receive 30 micrograms.
It is noted that providing children with safe and effective vaccines is considered a key step in the fight against the pandemic.
The test results will be known in September. At the same time, the company intends to appeal to regulators to allow the use of the vaccine for children in emergencies.
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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 […]
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Shares of Nikola fell to 36.45% over the last week. Energy giant BP’s announcement on Wednesday that it is abandoning a potential partnership with Nikola, which exacerbated a number of problems faced by the startup in the recent days. Nikola planned to organize the production of its cars in partnership with other large manufacturers and […]
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Ant Financial company within the framework of a public company Alibaba (China), announced about the final stage of the USA financial company asset acquisition procedures MoneyGram International, specializing in international trade transactions online, as reported Inventure. The Chinese side intends to complete the transaction in the third or fourth quarters of 2017, after the approval […]
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