Saudi health authorities have urged domestic and international pilgrims to take necessary vaccinations ahead of Hajj 2024
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Saudi Arabia to create 150 jobs as it looks to manufacture and export Covid-19, flu, chickenpox and rotavirus vaccines
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PharmaLife, its dedicated pharmaceutical transportation product, undergoes an intensive audit from IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators
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Novavax’ Covid booster dose shows significant benefit against Omicron variants
Data from two studies – Phase 3 PREVENT-19 trial and Study 307 (Lot Consistency) – show NVX-CoV2373 has consistent immunogenicity and safety profile
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US FDA authorizes new Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots
The new booster aims to target the highly contagious omicron variant, expected to become available to the public in September
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Vaccine war: Moderna suing Pfizer for infringement of its mRNA technology
Moderna files lawsuit in both United States and Germany; is not seeking removal of Pfizer’s Comirnaty from market or injunction against future sales
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Saudi Arabia to invest $3.4 billion into vaccines and vital medicines
The kingdom wants to achieve pharmaceutical and health security, and make Saudi Arabia an ‘important centre for this promising industry’
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Bahrain set to move to ‘yellow alert’ status to combat Covid variant threat
Under Bahrain’s traffic light system, the move to yellow is sanctioned when the rolling average of positive coronavirus cases in intensive care units is 51 to 100 cases for seven days
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UAE Covid cases down 62% from January
A total of 87.19 percent of the UAE population have taken their first vaccine dose, while 76.12 percent have received both
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Will Sinopharm be accepted for UK-UAE travellers?
As the UAE celebrates its amber travel listing, questions remain about when UAE residents will be freely allowed to enter the UK, like US and EU visitors
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Sotrovimab proving a success in UAE’s fight against Covid
Anti-viral medicine has been administered to 13,000 people across the country since MoHAP approval in May
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Oman launches vaccination campaign for 12-year-old students
Campaign has targeted 320,000 students in public and private schools ahead of the start of the new school year
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Why Middle East countries using Chinese, Astra shots are increasingly eyeing boosters
Officials are being motivated by concerns that delta and other variants appear to be breaking down defences of vaccines not made from the super-effective messenger RNA technology, or mRNA
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Sinopharm Covid-19 shot dubbed Hayat Vax for local rollout after UAE-China deal
Newly-created joint venture between Sinopharm CNBG and Abu Dhabi-based G42 aims to produce up to 200m doses of the coronavirus vaccine annually at a new plant that will become operational this year
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Oman launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign
Sultanate has recorded the second highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the Gulf after Saudi Arabia