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USA-BIDEN/VACCINES (UPDATE 3, PIX):UPDATE 3-Pfizer promises to double supply as Biden pushes for quicker vaccine rollout

Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Friday that the drugmaker expects to be able to double the weekly number of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine it will supply to the United States in the next few weeks.

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked the U.S. health regulator to relax requirements for their COVID-19 vaccine to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, potentially allowing it to be kept in pharmacy freezers, they said on Friday.

Julie Steenhuysen, Michael Erman (Adds Pfizer interview, trial details) CHICAGO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have started an international study with 4,000 volunteers to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccine in healthy pregnant women, the companies said on Thursday. Pregnant women are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, and many public health officials have recommended some women in high-risk professions take coronavirus vaccines even withou...

President Joe Biden will head to Michigan Friday to visit the Pfizer Inc plant that is churning out COVID-19 vaccines as states beg for more vaccines

President Joe Biden heads to Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Friday to visit the Pfizer Inc manufacturing plant that is churning out COVID-19 vaccines, as state and local governments across the country clamor for more.

FRANKFURT — Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked the U.S. health regulator to relax requirements for their COVID-19 vaccine to be stored at ultra-low…

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-PFIZER-DOSES (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-Pfizer to double weekly U.S. output of vaccine in next few weeks -CEO

PORTAGE — Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Friday that the drugmaker expects to be able to double the weekly number of doses of its COVID-19…

(This February 17 story corrects headline and first paragraph to show the reduction was in the protective antibodies elicited by the vaccine, not the protection of the vaccine overall)