EU asks for big penalties against AstraZeneca over dose delaysThe request came as EU countries and their executive, the European Commission, began legal action against the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical ...
26 May, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
EU and AstraZeneca battle in court over vaccine delaysThe EU is suing the group in a bid to force it to deliver 90 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine before July -- arguing that it fail...
26 May, 2021, 04.31 PM IST
EU and AstraZeneca battle in court over vaccine delaysThe EU is suing the British-Swedish pharmaceutical group in a bid to force it to deliver 90 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine befo...
26 May, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
Norway should exclude J&J, AstraZeneca from COVID vaccine scheme, says commissionOn April 15, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the AstraZeneca vaccine should be dropped entirely but the government sought fur...
10 May, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
AstraZeneca vaccine benefits increase with age: EU drug watchdogThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) was presenting its findings after the European Commission asked it to look into concerns that prompted ...
23 Apr, 2021, 08.38 PM IST
Denmark drops AstraZeneca vaccine for good, in European firstDespite recommendations from the World Health Organization and European medicines watchdog to continue using the inoculation, "Denmark's va...
14 Apr, 2021, 06.31 PM IST
WHO says surplus AstraZeneca vaccines in rich nations must go to poor countriesWHO said there is an acute shortage of vaccines and most countries did not have any doses to cover frontline workers such as healthcare sta...
11 Apr, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
European Medicines Agency confirms clots as 'very rare' AstraZeneca side effectNo specific risk factors, including age, have been identified for thrombosis with the AstraZeneca shot, which could stem from an immune res...
07 Apr, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
Dutch halt AstraZeneca jabs for under-60sThe move comes after five new cases in the Netherlands affecting women between 25 and 65 years of age, the health ministry said in a statem...
02 Apr, 2021, 09.17 PM IST
Sri Lanka temporarily suspends COVID-19 jabs due to delay in securing vaccines from SII: MinisterSri Lanka launched its inoculation programme in late January when India gifted 500,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca. Till Thursday 913,219 p...
02 Apr, 2021, 11.53 AM IST
Covid vaccine: Why is AstraZeneca making so many unforced errors?The has been communication of scientific results. November data from trials in the U.K. and Brazil generated confusion over efficacy. This ...
25 Mar, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
EU countries to resume AstraZeneca jabs after 'safe' verdictThe closely-watched announcement from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) came after the WHO and Britain's health watchdog both said the va...
19 Mar, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
WHO reviewing data, recommends AstraZeneca Covid jabs continue"The WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety is carefully assessing the latest available safety data," the UN health agency said in...
18 Mar, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
WHO insists AstraZeneca vaccine safe as jab faces new setbacksThe WHO, which said its vaccines advisory committee was examining the safety data coming in, Friday stressed that no causal link has been e...
13 Mar, 2021, 10.22 AM IST
Denmark, Norway, Iceland suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccineThe move comes "following reports of serious cases of blood clots among people vaccinated with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine", the Danish ...
11 Mar, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Germany joins EU call for controls on vaccine exportsLast Friday, British-Swedish company AstraZeneca said it would not meet its contractual delivery commitments to the European Union because ...
26 Jan, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
2020's parting shot: India to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in January"India is a part of 'COVAX'. We will keep giving 50 per cent of everything we make to India and to COVAX at the same time. India has such a...
29 Dec, 2020, 06.58 AM IST