Wed. 08/25 - Comirnaty? How Pfizer's Vaccine Got Its Brand Name (and what it almost was)

The Paralympic Games kicked off in Tokyo last night. Here’s what you need to know and a brief history of the games. Plus, how did the Pfizer vaccine end up with the brand name Comirnaty, and what were some of the other contenders?

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Links:

• Badminton And Taekwondo Make Their Paralympic Debut In Tokyo (NPR)
• When Did The Paralympics Start, And How Did The Event Get Its Name? (NPR)
• The Paralympics Finally Get To Prime Time (1A)
• Paralympics History - Evolution of the Paralympic Movement (IPC)
• Paralympics 2020: How much do you know about the sports on offer? (BBC)
• The 2020 Paralympics Will See the Most Openly LGBTQ+ Athletes Ever (them.)
• How does the Paralympic classification system work? (CNN)
• Murderball Trailer (Participant, YouTube)
• Pfizer's Covid Vaccine Is Named Comirnaty (Intelligencer)
• Comirnaty, Spikevax, and the weird world of branding COVID-19 vaccines (The Verge)
• Why ‘Comirnaty’ Is The New Name For Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccines, ‘Spikevax’ For Moderna (Forbes)
• The inside story behind Pfizer and BioNTech's new vaccine brand name, Comirnaty (Fierce Pharma)
• Samsung phone catches fire on airplane five years after Galaxy Note 7 debacle (Mashable)
• Starbucks' new apple crisp macchiato joins pumpkin spice latte on the fall menu (CNBC)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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