AstraZeneca hits snag in Covid drug developmentThe drug, made from a combination of two antibodies, failed its main goal to treat Covid-19 symptoms in exposed patients, AstraZeneca said ...
15 Jun, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
EU regulator advices against second AstraZeneca shot in those with blood clotsThe advice for healthcare professionals was provided by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as part of an ongoing review into rare, but sev...
21 May, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
EU insists dispute with AstraZeneca is only contractualThe EU's executive branch has launched legal proceedings in Belgium against the firm for what it believes amounts to a breach of contract a...
10 May, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
AstraZeneca could have COVID-19 vaccine against variant by end-2021 -Austrian newspaperSarah Walters, AstraZeneca's Austria country manager, told the Kurier newspaper that studies, so far, indicating the existing AstraZeneca v...
18 Apr, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
South Korea to resume AstraZeneca jab for ages 30-60Last week, South Korea suspended the use of AstraZeneca vaccines for those 60 years old or younger while awaiting the outcome of the Europe...
11 Apr, 2021, 04.39 PM IST
UK agency: Under-30s to be offered non-AstraZeneca vaccineThe decision was announced soon after the European Union's drug regulator said it had found a ``possible link'' between the AstraZeneca cor...
07 Apr, 2021, 11.27 PM IST
Link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots clear: EMA officialThere is a causal link between the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and very rare cases of blood clots, although it remains unc...
07 Apr, 2021, 07.48 AM IST
German cities suspend AstraZeneca vaccine use for under-60sThe decision came after the country's medical regulator announced that it had received a total of 31 reports of rare blood clots in recent ...
30 Mar, 2021, 07.18 PM IST
SII seeks Government's nod to give 50 lakh Covishield doses to UK, says won't affect India's vaccination driveIn a communique to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday, the Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Pune-based Se...
23 Mar, 2021, 08.32 PM IST
Europe pause of AstraZeneca sends ripple of doubt elsewhereAs things stand, it's either AstraZeneca or nothing for some poorer countries. The vaccine from the Anglo-Swedish drug maker is cheaper and...
19 Mar, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
WHO experts to meet over AstraZeneca vaccine blood clot fears as coronavirus cases surgeThe World Health Organization, AstraZeneca, and the European Medicines Agency have insisted the shot is safe, and that there is no link bet...
16 Mar, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
AstraZeneca has sold its stake in Moderna for more than $1 billion: The TimesAstraZeneca is retaining partnership with Moderna on other disease treatments and could sell its AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vac...
01 Mar, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
AstraZeneca Pharma surges 10% as WHO gives nod to Covid vaccine for emergency useThe WHO said on Monday that it was clearing the AstraZeneca vaccines made by the Serum Institute of India and South Korea's AstraZeneca-SKB...
16 Feb, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Oxford/AstraZeneca in ‘mix-match' COVID-19 vaccine trial with Russia's SputnikThe two sets of experts are to join forces to explore if a combination of the two jabs, both using a benign virus called adenovirus, could ...
12 Dec, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
Bangladesh signs deal with India for 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccineBangladesh health minister Zahid Maleque said 5 million doses of vaccine per month would be purchased through Bangladesh's drug maker, Bexi...
05 Nov, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
Oxford, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials resume days after pauseThe study had been previously stopped in July for several days after a participant who got the vaccine developed neurological symptoms; it ...
12 Sep, 2020, 09.01 PM IST
India trials of COVID-19 vaccine is going on: Serum InstituteLast month, the Drug Controller General of India had granted permission to the Pune-based SII to conduct Phase-II and -III human clinical t...
10 Sep, 2020, 12.08 PM IST