Vaccine updates: WHO welcomes Moderna’s move not to enforce COVID-19 vaccine patents

Real-time review of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Canada Health Canada will start a real-time review of Germany’s BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine, the companies said on Friday. The companies said they would submit safety and efficacy data from the trial of their COVID-19 vaccine to Canada’s health ministry under a “rolling submission” […]

Aramco’s $75b in annual dividends will not plug Saudi Arabia’s deficit

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia may not be able to rely on annual dividends of almost $75 billion from state oil company Saudi Aramco beyond next year unless crude prices increase, according to Moody’s. The government, which owns 98 per cent of Aramco, has depended on the dividend to help plug its budget deficit. “The government is […]