BioNTech Sued in Germany for Injuries from the Comirnaty COVID mRNA Shot
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Pharmaceutical company BioNTech SE of Mainz, Germany is facing a lawsuit filed by a German health care worker who was injured by the company’s Comirnaty COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) shot, which it developed in collaboration with Pfizer, Inc. of the United States. The plaintiff said she suffered pain in her upper body, extreme swelling, fatigue […]
U.K. Coronor Says AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine Caused ‘Fit and Healthy’ Young Man to Die from Blood Clot in Brain
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A 27-year-old man in England developed a blood clot in the brain and died on Apr. 20, 2021, three weeks after receiving the first dose of AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s experimental viral vectored Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria (also known as AZD1222), and a U.K. coroner determined his death was causally related to the vaccination. Jack Last of Stowmarket […]
Shingles May Be Triggered by Covid Shots
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A large retrospective cohort study conducted by researchers in Germany and the University of Virginia compared the incidence of shingles among individuals who did and did not get a Covid-19 shot and found a statistically significant difference providing evidence for an association between Covid vaccinations and increased risk for developing shingles or herpes zoster (HZ). […]
Developers of mRNA COVID Shots Spar Over Intellectual Property Rights
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Pfizer and BioNTech will have to answer in court to legal claims by Moderna that they copied its innovative messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in the making of their COVID-19 biologic, Comirnaty. The patent infringement lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Dusseldorf in Germany alleges that […]
German Report Reveals 1 in 25 Insured Individuals Treated for COVID Shot Reactions
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Techniker Krankenkasse, Germany’s largest health insurance company, reported that 437,593 of 11 million (1 in 25) insured individuals in 2021 had to undergo medical treatment as a result of adverse reactions from COVID-19 shots.1 COVID shots currently approved for use in Germany include Novavax’s Nuvaxovid, Moderna’s Spikevax, Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty, Johnson & Johnson/Janssen’s Ad26.COV2.S, AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s […]
Pfizer Withdraws EUA Application for COVID Shot in India After Regulator Asks for Independent Safety Study
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Pfizer, Inc. has withdrawn its emergency use authorization (EUA) application for its experimental BNT162b2 (also known as “Comirnaty”) messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 biologic (developed in collaboration with Germany’s BioNTech) in India.1 Pfizer was the first pharmaceutical company to apply for an EUA to distribute a COVID biologic in India in 2021. However, India’s regulatory agency […]