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...Rivals AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Russia’s Sputnik V and new entrants such as Novavax make up the remainder of the market, which is forecast to double in value to $124bn next year....
...Hungary has ordered doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines via the EU but is the only member of the bloc to have also approved the Sinopharm and Russia-made Sputnik V vaccines...
...The AU will pay $6.75 a dose for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine and $10 for Johnson & Johnson’s, a single-dose product....
...After such strong reads from the first two releases (three if we count Russia’s Sputnik V), the disappointing AZN figures were perhaps bound to prompt downward pressure on the company’s shares....
...In August, Russia became the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine — named Sputnik V — for civilian use, but western experts cast doubt on its efficacy and safety....
...Or better yet a new CEO such as Google’s Eric Schmidt....
...This year a shareholder resolution at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, about its tax arrangements was overturned by shareholders....
...Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman, drew fire in 2013 when he defended the internet group’s tax affairs by pointing out that the company was merely working within the structure of the international tax regime...
...Eric Schmidt of Google has a simple test: if you aren’t one of a handful of apps on the home screen of your audience’s smartphone, you may as well be the last....
...Addressing the same panel, Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, agreed a consensus was important....
...Google’s biggest rival in internet search, says executive chairman Eric Schmidt, is Amazon. It is half true, anyway. Google has no global search rivals but (suppressed giggle) Microsoft....
...The possibility of a Pfizer/AstraZeneca deal still has the politicians talking (the chief executives of both were hauled before the UK parliament this week)....
...In an October meeting with Eric Schmidt, Google chairman, President François Hollande threatened to draft legislation forcing Google to pay a share of its revenues derived from links to articles if it did...
...Kurt Schmidt, head of Nestlé Nutrition, said the acquisition was complementary from a geographic point of view, with 85 per cent of sales in emerging markets and additional business in the UK, where Nestlé...
...beyondbrics India v China: a new race in biopharmaceuticals, beyondbrics...
...Eric Schmidt at Cowen, writes: “We would expect a deal will ultimately be consummated at a modest premium to the initial offer [perhaps $75-$80 (a) share].”...
...bid deadline - Investors agree to new Yell strategy - Investors split over backing Hands again - Chelsea FC concedes £70 million loss From The Sunday Telegraph, - Google’s Eric Schmidt...
...In December, Jeff Kindler, chief executive of Pfizer, abruptly resigned....
...It seemed all the more shocking considering the two Silicon Valley companies shared so much in common not so long ago that Eric Schmidt , Google chief executive, was a valued member of the Apple board....
...Pfizer, the largest US drugmaker by market value, inched down 0.7 per cent to $14.54 as the stock being removed from the “conviction buy” list at Goldman Sachs....
...Last week’s US jobs report has knocked investor confidence, and those predicting a V-shaped recovery are finding it harder to justify their positions....
...This spurred groups such as Pfizer of the US and Roche of Switzerland to strike multi-billion-dollar deals during the first half of this year....
...Kindler, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc., USA Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Siemens AG, Germany Mustafa V....
...Watch the video and read the transcript of the FT’s interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt...
...Google, the internet search engine, jumped 14.8 per cent to $339.90 on Friday in the wake of third quarter results, with even Eric Schmidt, chief executive, admitting that the company had surprised itself...
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