27 May 2021
In The Spotlight: Patent waivers and global vaccine update
Beau Noafshar, Head of Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Research at Fitch Solutions provides an update on possible Covid-19 vaccine patent waivers and global vaccine rollout.

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12 November 2020
In The Spotlight: How far are we in the vaccine race?
Markets and consumers were cheered as Pfizer reported that ithe Covid-19 vaccine candidate its is developing in partnership with BioNTech has an efficacy rate of above 90%. But what do we know about the vaccine? And what does this mean for the vaccine race? Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Beau Noafshar, Senior Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Analyst, Fitch Solutions to find out.

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14 August 2020
In the Spotlight: What's next for a COVID-19 vaccine?
Russia recently announced that it has a vaccine ready and that it plans to start mass vaccinations as soon as October.
Despite this news, Fitch Solutions expects forecasts that a ciould be approved before or during the first half of 2021 based on the positive results in early-stage trials so far.
To find out more we spoke to Beau Noafshar, Senior Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Analyst, Fitch Solutions.

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