AstraZeneca plans to invest $405 million in Britain, PM Keir Starmer saysPrime Minister Keir Starmer announced AstraZeneca will invest 300 million pounds in UK life sciences. This significant investment secures 1...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
AstraZeneca Covid booster shot effective against severe disease, UK study findsThe researchers from the UK Health Security Agency, London, estimated vaccine effectiveness by analysing data on all adults aged 18 years a...
05 May, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
RDIF says early results of 'mix & match' of Sputnik Light, AstraZeneca jab found to be safeAstraZeneca COVID vaccine is the same as Covishield which is used in India and several other countries.
14 Feb, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Germany recommends combination of AstraZeneca, mRNA shotsThe committee, known by its German acronym STIKO, didn't detail what studies its conclusion was based on. Germany's disease control center ...
02 Jul, 2021, 06.19 PM 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
EU agency says people should get second dose of AstraZeneca tooThe agency said there were "no or limited data to change current recommendations." It said it wasn't known whether the risk of a rare blood...
23 Apr, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
Hong Kong govt to delay imports of AstraZeneca vaccine amid safety concernsHealth Secretary Sophia Chan said the global financial centre had a sufficient supply of vaccines, with a total of 15 million doses of Germ...
09 Apr, 2021, 10.59 AM IST
AstraZeneca woes grow as Australia, Philippines, African Union curb COVID-19 shotsThe vaccine - developed with Oxford University and considered a frontrunner in the global vaccine race - has been plagued by safety concern...
09 Apr, 2021, 10.50 AM IST
Worries over AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine side effects complicate bid to vaccinate the worldReviews by U.K. and European Union regulators finding potential links to the unusual side effects are another blow for the shot, a cheaper ...
08 Apr, 2021, 03.34 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
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
Germany postpones vaccination summit over AstraZeneca furoreA growing number of European countries - including Germany, France, Italy and Spain - suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, t...
16 Mar, 2021, 02.22 PM 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
Some Europeans get choosy about which vaccines they wantAs AstraZeneca shots are rolling out to European Union nations this month, joining the Pfizer and Moderna doses already available, some peo...
13 Feb, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
AstraZeneca vaccine better at stopping Covid than slowing transmissionOne of the central unanswered questions has been whether inoculations can not only stop people from getting sick but also slow the spread o...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
Astra-Oxford shot is key to escaping pandemic for many nations, including IndiaThe AstraZeneca vaccine costs a fraction of the price set by Pfizer and will be manufactured in multiple countries, from India to Brazil. I...
22 Nov, 2020, 05.09 PM IST