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
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
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID vaccine, despite its low efficacy rateCiting officials, Geo News reported that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to ...
09 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
France to recommend mRNA COVID-19 shots as second dose for some after AstraZeneca: MinisterConfidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine has dropped in Europe since a very few, mostly young, recipients of the shot were found to have suffe...
09 Apr, 2021, 12.44 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
EU expects to vaccinate majority by end-JuneGermany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands will be in a position to fully inoculate more than 55% of their populations by June end, ...
06 Apr, 2021, 03.19 PM 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
Canada sure all that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, including AstraZeneca doses: PMCanadian health experts are sure all COVID-19 vaccines being administered in the country are safe, including those made by AstraZeneca PLC,...
15 Mar, 2021, 10.41 PM 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
Ukraine in talks with India on COVID-19 vaccine supply: Interfax"Negotiations are underway with an Indian manufacturer, Serum Institute, which can produce the American Novovax vaccine and has the ability...
20 Jan, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Britain working with Pfizer, AstraZeneca to increase vaccine supplies"The rate limiting step is the supply of vaccine, and we're working with the companies, both Pfizer and of course AstraZeneca, to increase ...
07 Jan, 2021, 04.40 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
'Really good news': British Health Secretary Matt Hancock welcomes Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine results"These figures ... shows that the vaccine in the right dosage can be up to 90% effective," British Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Sky N...
23 Nov, 2020, 01.51 PM IST
Pause in AstraZeneca vaccine trial not necessarily a setback, says UK health ministerAstraZeneca Plc said it had paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unex...
10 Sep, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
AstraZeneca plunges 13% as Covid-19 drug trial put on holdAstraZeneca began its Phase 3 trial in the US in late August. The US trial was currently taking place at 62 sites across the country.
09 Sep, 2020, 12.36 PM IST
Good news on Oxford, AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine could come on Thursday: ReportHEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-OXFORD-VACCINE-Positive news on Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could come Thursday: report
15 Jul, 2020, 09.14 PM IST