Comirnaty ®

Comirnaty ®, aka BNT162b2, is Pfizer/BioNtech's vaccine against the covid-19.

''Vaccin à ARNm (à nucléoside modifié) contre la covid-19. L’ARN messager (ARNm) simple brin à coiffe en 5’ est produit à l’aide d’une transcription in vitro sans cellule à partir des matrices d’ADN correspondantes et codant pour la protéine Spike (S) virale du SARS-CoV-2. Comirnaty est indiqué pour l’immunisation active pour la prévention de la covid-19 causée par le virus SARS-CoV-2, chez les personnes âgées de 16 ans et plus. Comirnaty doit être administré par voie intramusculaire, après dilution, selon un schéma de vaccination en 2 doses (de 0,3 mL chacune) espacées d’au moins 21 jours''

News

 * 08 May 2021, Politico.eu, EU seals contract for 1.8 billion BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines, ‘Other contracts and other vaccine technologies will follow,’ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says.
 * 28 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, UK buys extra 60 million doses of BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to support its planned booster program from the fall, the government announced today.
 * 23 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, EU to strike world's largest vaccine deal with Pfizer, The European Commission said it expects to seal the world's biggest vaccine supply deal within days, buying up to 1.8 billion doses of Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine for the next few years as a debate rages over unfair access to shots for the world's poorest people.
 * 19 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, EU boosts order of BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine to 600M doses, The doses, to be delivered this year, will cover two thirds of the EU population.
 * 16 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, Covid-19 to ‘become like flu’ thanks to vaccines, Pfizer CEO says, Albert Bourla also praised the EU’s vaccine rollout as ‘working like a well-oiled machine.’
 * 15 Apr 2021, CNBC.com, Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said people will “likely” need a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated. He also said it’s possible people will need to get vaccinated against the coronavirus annually.
 * 14 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, Commission launches talks with BioNTech/Pfizer for 1.8B more doses, In total, 250 million of the mRNA vaccines will be delivered to the EU in the second quarter.
 * 14 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, EU picks vaccine sides for future pandemic fight, The EU technically now has enough doses to vaccinate the whole adult population roughly 6.5 times.
 * 31 Mar 2021, Politico.com, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine 100 percent effective in teens, Pfizer said it will seek permission in the coming weeks from the FDA and the European Medicines Agency to market the vaccine for teens.