COVID-19 vaccine scheme for world’s poorest pushes for delivery slowdown
Leaders of the global scheme aiming to get COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest are pushing manufacturers including Pfizer (PFE.N) and Moderna (MRNA.O) to cut or slow deliveries of about half a billion shots so doses are not wasted.
Here’s how the companies making headlines fared during Friday’s midday trade
Oil prices were expected to decrease for the second week in a row, but after unpredictable trading this week, they reached a floor of over $100 a barrel on Friday, with no obvious replacement for Russian barrels insight in a market already constrained by supply. After surging almost 9% on Thursday, Brent crude futures were […]
Moderna boosting COVID-19 vaccine capacity, targets up to 3 billion shots in 2022
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Thursday it is boosting manufacturing capacity for its COVID-19 vaccine and expects to make up to 3 billion doses in 2022, more than twice its previous forecast. It also said it is increasing its expectations for 2021 vaccine production to between 800 million and 1 billion shots, raising the bottom of its range from […]
