Astra Zeneca

New AstraZeneca drug ‘prevents and treats COVID’

AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday, a boost to its efforts to…

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AstraZeneca seeks U.S. authorisation of drug to prevent COVID-19

AstraZeneca has requested emergency use authorisation from U.S. regulators for its new treatment to prevent COVID-19 for people who respond poorly to vaccines because of a weakened immune system. In…

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Astra antibody cocktail fails to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in large trial

AstraZeneca said on Tuesday a late-stage trial failed to provide evidence that its COVID-19 antibody therapy protected people who had contact with an infected person from the disease, a small…

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AstraZeneca reaches vaccine shipping milestone as EU sues again

AstraZeneca Plc has delivered 50 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to European Union countries, according to EU supply data, a milestone the company had originally been expected to hit in January. The…

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Italian PM Mario Draghi receives Astra Zeneca vaccine

Prime Minister Mario Draghi and his wife Maria Serenella Cappello received their first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday as Italy looks to ramp up its vaccination campaign. Italy was…

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Suspension of AstraZeneca shots is ‘political decision’: Italy’s medicines regulator head

The decision by Germany, France and Italy to suspend AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects is a "political one", the director general of Italy's medicines authority AIFA said on…

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U.S. green light for AstraZeneca vaccine could come in April, independent monitors assessing data -US official

Results of AstraZeneca Plc's U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial are being reviewed by independent monitors, and emergency authorization could come in about a month, a top U.S. official said on Monday.…

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Malta: Concerns over AstraZeneca consignment after temperature problem

The health authorities are concerned about a temperature probe used in the consignment of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which arrived over the weekend and are clarifying if the doses can…

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FACTBOX-What we know about the South African variant of COVID-19

South Africa halted the planned rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant of…

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EU paying full price for AstraZeneca vaccine -EU health official

BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The European Union is paying a price similar to that of Britain for the AstraZeneca Plc vaccine, a senior EU health official said on Monday,…

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Exclusive – Oxford kept COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers in dark about dosing error, letter shows

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - About 1,500 of the initial volunteers in a late-stage clinical trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were given the wrong dose, but weren't informed that a…

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COVAX to send AstraZeneca shot to Latin America, some states to get Pfizer too

GENEVA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The COVAX global vaccine sharing scheme expects to deliver 35.3 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to 36 Caribbean and Latin American states from mid-February…

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AstraZeneca prepared to publish EU vaccine contract -EU official

BRUSSELS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca has signalled its readiness to publish a redacted version of its coronavirus vaccine delivery contract with the European Union, an EU official…

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EU seeks answers from AstraZeneca on cut to vaccine supplies in Monday meeting

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will meet AstraZeneca executives on Monday to seek further clarification on why they unexpectedly announced a large cut in supplies of COVID-19 vaccine to…

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EXCLUSIVE-AstraZeneca to cut EU’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries by 60% in Q1 -EU source

BRUSSELS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca told European Union officials on Friday it would cut deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc by 60% to 31 million doses in…

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Australian scientists suggest delaying AstraZeneca vaccine deployment

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some Australian scientists have proposed delaying mass inoculation using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine with a view to considering a different shot instead. Questions surrounding the vaccine in Australia,…

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AstraZeneca and Oxford submit vaccine for EMA’s approval

(Reuters) - Europe’s drugs regulator will review the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University this month under an accelerated timeline, the watchdog said on Tuesday. The 27-member European…

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UK rolls out Astra/Oxford COVID vaccine after world-first approval

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, hoping that rapid action…

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AstraZeneca vaccine not ready for quick European approval, watchdog official says

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will most likely not be able to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug maker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in…

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Britain’s Health Department reins in enthusiasm on Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Britain’s Department of Health said on Sunday that medicines regulator MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) must be given time to carry out its review of the data of…

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How a British COVID-19 vaccine went from pole position to troubled start

By Steve Stecklow, Andrew MacAskill, Ludwig Burger, Kate Kelland and Emilio Parodi LONDON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - On June 5, researchers at the University of Oxford quietly made a change…

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