Executives from Israel-based companies express concern about future investment and other operational impacts, as the war rages on in Gaza with tragic loss of life amid political and economic uncertainties.
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world’s largest generic drugmaker, met fourth-quarter profit estimates, but its shares fell after its forecast of a largely flat year in 2023 disappointed investors.
Last week the FDA and CDC flagged a potential link between the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and stroke in older adults; today Israel’s coronavirus task force said it reviewed all its data and did not find an issue.
The Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine booster developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE sharply reduced hospitalizations among older patients, Israeli researchers said on Monday, in some of the first evidence of the jab’s real-world effectiveness.
Israel will offer the updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech designed to combat the Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants by the end of September, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
The polio virus was present in wastewater in a New York City suburb a month before health officials there announced a confirmed case of the disease last month, state health officials said on Monday, urging residents to be sure they have been vaccinated.
Pfizer Inc.’s (PFE.N) antiviral treatment Paxlovid reduces COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates in vaccinated and unvaccinated patients 65 years and older, according to a new study in Israel conducted during the rise of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
