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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....
...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....
...The latest move to address shortages could involve approving Russia’s Sputnik V inoculation....
...UK ministers and media branded Monday “V-Day” as the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine were administered....
...But all that will have to wait for now, perhaps until next year as a coronavirus vaccine breakthrough by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech offers a glimmer of hope just in time for the holidays....
...The equity raise leaves it best placed to capture the recovery or weather further uncertainty....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...‘Everybody’s been looking for the sign’ “It has been quite a week,” said Lise Buyer, who advises companies on their initial public offerings at Class V Group....
...Four Seasons arguably represents a view from the top end of the ski market to a post-skiing future, insured against climate change, weather and seasonal swings in demand....
...However, I struggle to see the utility of Apple’s new Siri-powered watch face, which shows an odd assortment of news headlines, personal photos, weather and share-price alerts....
...While larger generic companies could weather such an environment, Mr Sherkow says it would be harder for smaller groups to manage....
...The introduction of biosimilars poses a threat to the pharmaceuticals industry, which has struggled for decades to weather the loss of patent protection on top-selling drugs....
...Per Levin: “We’ve weathered many other storms throughout the fight of legalisation and we’ll weather many more, continuing through the current administration.”...
...A new feature of iOS 10 apes Google Now: swipe sideways from the iPhone’s homescreen to see live widgets, such as the weather, calendar and suggested apps based on time, place and user habits....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...Sit back and relax — or not As many human drivers might appreciate, one of the big obstacles to self-driving cars is weather....
...Pfizer shares, which have lagged behind Merck’s, slipped 0.3 per cent to $34.48....
...the planned successor to the single-engine Jet Ranger, has 200 letters of intent including 40 from Europe – which is traditionally seen as a twin-engined market because of restrictions on flying in poor weather...
...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)....
...Ford pinned the blame on the weather, after reporting a 7.1 per cent drop in US sales in January....
...Its top 10 investments now include: Pfizer, the US pharmaceuticals group; Enterprise Products Partners, a US energy group; and Diageo, the British drinks group....
...Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline Plc. http://bloom.bg/WRxBao Rio Tinto rethinks Mozambique business Rio Tinto is evaluating options for its troubled Mozambique coal business, including partnering with rival mining...
...But activists in New York on Wednesday said they expected activity to pick up as the weather warms....
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