AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, has reported that its antibody medication 'Evusheld' is effective against Covid-19's novel vaccine-evading Omicron strain.
December 24, 2021Imperial scientists had aimed to use the technology to design a Covid-19 jab. However, it never progressed further than stage two clinical testing.
September 28, 2021"No specific risk factors or definitive cause for TTS following Covid-19 vaccination have been identified and AstraZeneca continues to perform and support ongoing investigations of potential mechanisms," the study noted.
July 29, 2021Previous studies have shown that the Oxford jab is more effective in generating T-cells than mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.
July 16, 2021The authority will negotiate with Siam Bioscience Co. and recommend that the manufacturer supply the vaccine to Thailand
July 15, 2021The AstraZeneca doses are coming from the advance purchase agreement the government struck with the company and that these doses, which will be manufactured in the United States
July 13, 2021The study aims to enroll 2,250 participants from the UK, South Africa, Brazil, and Poland to build immunity against the Beta Covid variant
June 28, 2021European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the decision, saying that the EU's vaccination programme was built on a sound legal basis
June 19, 2021The analysis suggests that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 96 per cent effective against hospitalisation after two doses, while the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is 92 per cent effective against hospitalisation after two doses.
June 15, 2021The clarification came after Marco Cavaleri, head of the EMA's vaccine strategy, was quoted as saying by an Italian newspaper that the vaccine shots should not be administered to people aged over 60 and younger age groups amid fears over very rare blood clotting.
June 15, 2021While Covishield and Covaxin may not be accepted in many countries, should they not pass muster within India? Yet even fully vaccinated and healthy citizens need a negative RT-PCR report to travel to several states including West Bengal and Punjab.
May 26, 2021The reports which looked into the issue of blood clots linked to AstraZeneca jabs were published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
April 12, 2021WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said high income countries had on average vaccinated one in four people while in low income countries it was one in more than 500.
April 11, 2021The trial, which started in February, is evaluating whether the vaccine generates a strong immune response in those aged between 6 and 17
April 7, 2021There is a causal link between the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and very rare cases of blood clots, although it remains unclear what the connection is and the possible causes are likewise still unknown, a senior European Medicines Agency (EMA) expert told an Italian media on Tuesday. “It is clear that an association exists” …
April 7, 2021After more than 18 million people have received vaccinations with AstraZeneca`s jab in the UK, the country`s health regulator said seven people had died due to rare blood clots, although the cause remains unclear. “The benefits in preventing a Covid-19 infection and its complications continue to outweigh any risks and the public should continue to …
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April 3, 2021A UK-based agency stated that it has found 25 more cases of rare blood clot events in people that have taken the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. On March 18, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency had reported five cases of a rare brain blood clot among 11 million administered shots. On Thursday the medical agency …
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April 2, 2021