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'Every week counts' as Austria, Greece, Denmark seek quick EU OK for AstraZeneca vaccine

EMA, the EU drugs regulator, said last week it would review the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Britain's Oxford University this month under an accelerated timeline.
We expect that work be done day and night, that a decision be reached unbureaucratically and that Europe not fall behind.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 05:52pm

World

AstraZeneca, Daiichi's breast cancer drug gets broader US approval

The London-listed company said the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration was based on results from the DESTINY-Gastric01 trial conducted in Japan and South Korea.

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 01:57pm

World

Valneva says UK rollout of COVID-19 vaccine could start in July-Sept

Valneva said in September that its vaccine would be available for use in Britain in the second half of 2021.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 08:58pm

World

Brazil regulator to decide on emergency use of Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccines

President Jair Bolsonaro is under growing pressure to start inoculations in Brazil, which has lost more than 200,000 to COVID-19 - the worst death toll outside the United States.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 08:46pm

Pakistan

Pakistan registers 300,000 health workers for COVID-19 vaccination, says Umar

Minister says the government is trying to make the vaccine available in the country from more than one sources
At the moment there are two anti-coronavirus vaccines authorised for emergency use while phase III clinical trials of the third vaccine by CanSino will be completed by the first week of February: Umar

Published 17 Jan, 2021 02:42pm

World

Brazil health regulator sends back Sputnik V vaccine emergency use request

Anvisa officials had said previously that the Sputnik V vaccine would have to be submitted to Phase III clinical trials in Brazil before its use can be authorized.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:28pm

World

India starts huge vaccine drive as European rollout stutters

Roughly 10,000 people marched in Austria's capital Vienna against coronavirus restrictions, calling on the government to resign.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 11:30am

Only for emergency use: DRAP approves AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

ISLAMABAD: AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in Pakistan, Special Assistant to...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Pakistan by March: Asad

He further stated that Sindh government should also make the arrangements for the purchase of coronavirus vaccine to protect the people living in provincial areas.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:14am

Pakistan

Pakistan approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

The Chinese vaccine has not yet been approved by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP).
DRAP granted emergency use authorisation to AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine.
The vaccine company's Ad5-nCoV COVID-19 candidate is currently nearing completion of phase III clinical trials in Pakistan.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 06:15pm

Markets

London stocks set for weekly loss; Indivior jumps

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell 0.5%, with mining and construction stocks declining the most.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 02:16pm

World

UK to step up coronavirus vaccinations: FT

The government is preparing to vaccinate all individuals over the age of 50 by mid- to late March, The Times reported on Friday citing Whitehall sources.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 12:22pm

Pakistan

AstraZeneca seeks registration of COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan: report

The data of the clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was also shared with the authority.
The vaccine has already been approved by British Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority.

Updated 14 Jan, 2021 04:04pm

World

EU nears deal with Valvena for Covid-19 vaccine

The EU has already signed contracts with AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi-GSK, Pfizer-BioNTech, CureVac, and Moderna.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:44pm

World

AstraZeneca files for EU vaccine approval

The EMA said its assessment would "proceed under an accelerated timeline".

Published 12 Jan, 2021 05:32pm

World

EU gets vaccine boost as WHO dampens hope of herd immunity

The EU's medicines agency said a decision would still not come before January 29, even though the drug is already being used in countries including Britain.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 04:36pm

World

Greece launches online vaccination registration

Last week authorities extended some COVID lockdown curbs until Jan. 18, including the temporary closure of hospitality venues and non-essential retailers.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:53pm

World

PM Johnson says UK in 'race against time' as it faces worst weeks of pandemic

The first daily vaccination statistics showed that nearly 2.3 million people had so far received their first doses of a COVID vaccine and nearly 400,000 had received a second dose.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

World

Bangladesh to begin COVID-19 vaccinations next month

The South Asian country of more than 160 million in November signed a deal with the Serum Institute of India to buy 30 million doses of the vaccine developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca.
The vaccine will be first applied on the health workers and it will be monitored for the next seven days. After that, we'll begin the vaccination across the country in the first week of February.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 09:43pm

World

Sinovac, AstraZeneca seek vaccine approval in Brazil

Brazil has the second-highest death toll in the pandemic after the United States, with more than 200,000 people killed by Covid-19.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:49pm

Business & Finance

European watchdog could decide on AstraZeneca vaccine by end-Jan

The Astrazeneca shot, which was developed with Oxford University, was given a green light by authorities in Britain on Dec. 30.
It has so far recommended the Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna vaccines for European Union approval, which was quickly granted for both.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:38pm

World

British health minister defends decision to space COVID-19 vaccine doses

Hancock said partial protection for more people would do more good than full protection for a select few.

Published 07 Jan, 2021 11:44pm

World

More than 1.3 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 in UK, says Johnson

Johnson said more than 1.3 million people had been vaccinated as of Tuesday afternoon, adding that nearly 1,000 vaccination sites would be ready by the end of the week.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:21am

World

Vietnam says to buy AstraZeneca vaccine, in talks with other producers

Vietnam, which has yet to give formal regulatory approval to any vaccine, is also developing vaccines domestically.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 09:25am

Markets

Indian shares retreat from record highs; financial stocks, Reliance fall

The country's drug regulator on Sunday gave emergency use approval to two coronavirus vaccines - one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 09:15am

World

Mexico approves AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine

Together with Argentina, it also has an agreement with the British drugs giant to produce its vaccine to supply to Latin American nations.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 08:49am

World

Kidney patient, 82, gets first Oxford/AstraZeneca jab

The government has responded by putting three-quarters of England's population in the harshest tier of anti-virus restrictions.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 05:48pm

Business & Finance

UK first to roll out AstraZeneca shots in race to stem COVID surge

UK first to roll out AstraZeneca vaccine.
82-year-old dialysis patient is first to get shot.
UK hails British scientific 'triumph'.
Johnson mulls tougher lockdown in England.
Concerns grow over South African variant.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 05:41pm

World

UK PM Johnson to impose tougher COVID-19 curbs shortly

Cases of COVID-19 have risen sharply in Britain in recent weeks, fuelled by a new and more transmissible variant of the virus.
If you look at the numbers, there's no question that we're going to have to take tougher measures and we'll be announcing those in due course.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 05:39pm

Markets

Indian shares hit record high as country approves COVID-19 vaccines

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan hit a record high on hopes that the rollout of coronavirus vaccines will eventually help revive the global economy.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 09:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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