AstraZeneca

Thailand delays AstraZeneca vaccination amid Europe safety reports

Thailand delayed the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine scheduled to start on Friday with its prime minister and cabinet members taking the first shots, citing safety concerns after reports of…

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Romania pauses use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch

Romanian authorities have temporarily stopped vaccinating people with one batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as an “extreme precaution” while deaths in Italy are investigated, but are continuing to use other…

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Australia and Canada to continue using AstraZeneca vaccine, say no evidence of blood clots

Australia said on Friday it will continue to roll-out AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as there was no evidence of a link to blood clots, despite some European countries suspending its use.…

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Malta reports no adverse conditions reported from AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine

There were no adverse effects reported in Malta from a batch of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine which is currently being investigated in several countries about a possible link to blood…

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Italy bans a different AstraZeneca batch following two deaths in Sicily: reports

ROME (Reuters/ANSA) - Italian health authorities have ordered the withdrawal of a batch of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine following the deaths of two men in Sicily who had recently been inoculated,…

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British Regulatory Agency reacts on the AstraZeneca vaccine following decisions by EU countries to suspend use

Dr Phil Bryan, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's Vaccines Safety Lead said, that vaccine safety is of paramount importance and we continually monitor the safety of vaccines to ensure that…

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UPDATE – AstraZeneca COVID shot blood clot reports – Maltese Government Reacts – EMA says no evidence of link

March 11 (Reuters) - Health authorities in Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Thursday suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine shots following reports of the formation of blood clots in…

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Malta: Country received AstraZeneca vaccine batch linked to Austrian death, EMA says

Malta received a batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine that has been linked to the death of a person in Austria. European Medicines Agency says there is no indication the vaccine caused…

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UPDATED: Spain to keep using AstraZeneca vaccine, no blood clot cases reported

Spain has not registered any cases of blood clots related to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine so far and will continue administering the shots, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Thursday. She…

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South Korea extends use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 65 and over

South Korea will authorise the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for people aged 65 years and older, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Thursday, a move that will allow the…

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UPDATED: Denmark halts use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Denmark has put using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine shots on hold for two weeks after reports of cases of blood clots forming, including one death in Denmark, Danish authorities said on…

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EU regulator says no signs AstraZeneca vaccine led to Austria illnesses

The European Medicines Agency said there was no evidence so far linking AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to illnesses in two people who received it in Austria, one of whom died 10…

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Scientifically safe, but Astrazeneca skeptics remain

COVID-19 vaccine producer Astrazeneca is working hard to calm side effect fears over use of its shot to people across Europe. Some are still skeptical about taking it when offered…

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UPDATED: South Korea finds no link between deaths and AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine

South Korea said on Monday it had found no link between the coronavirus vaccine and several recent deaths, as it ordered nearly 100,000 foreign workers to be tested after clusters…

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UPDATED: Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death

Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots,…

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EU seeks to access AstraZeneca vaccines produced in US – Financial Times

(Reuters) - The European Union will urge the United States to permit the export of millions of doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Europe, underlining Brussels' scramble to bridge supply…

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Germany extends gap between doses, approves AstraZeneca for over-65s

BERLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - Germany's vaccination authority has approved the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine on the over-65s, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, in a step that should…

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EXCLUSIVE – Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 5 (Reuters) - Preliminary data from a study conducted at the University of Oxford indicates that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC is effective against…

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Australia asks European Commission to review Italy’s vaccine block

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has asked the European Commission to review a decision by Italy to block a shipment of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, while stressing on Friday the missing doses…

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EU to extend COVID-19 vaccine export controls as AstraZeneca shipment blocked -sources

BRUSSELS, March 4 (Reuters) - The European Union is planning to extend its export authorisation scheme for COVID-19 vaccines to the end of June, two EU sources told Reuters on…

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EU, Italy block AstraZeneca shipment to Australia – Further export blocks considered sources

BRUSSELS / ROME (Reuters) - The European Union is planning to extend its export authorisation scheme for COVID-19 vaccines to the end of June, two EU sources told Reuters on…

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UK data show COVID vaccines work, scientists urge others to take note

British scientists urged European countries to take note of interim data showing what they described as “remarkable” effectiveness of a single dose of Pfizer’s or AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines in frail…

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UPDATED: South Korea probing two deaths after AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

South Korean authorities are investigating the deaths of two people, both with pre-existing conditions, who died within days of receiving AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. AstraZeneca said it was aware of the…

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AstraZeneca sold out of vaccine maker Moderna last year

AstraZeneca sold a stake it held in rival COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna over the course of last year, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker's latest annual report shows. London-listed AstraZeneca did not specify…

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German health advisers signal end of Oxford/AstraZeneca age restrictions – FT

CDE/FT/ZDF - A German government health advisers have signalled they might allow older individuals to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as EU governments come under increasing pressure to clear the…

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Poland raises upper age limit for AstraZeneca to 69

WARSAW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Poland will raise the upper age limit for people being given the AstraZeneca vaccine to 69, and will take COVID-19 patients from neighbouring Slovakia, a health ministry…

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AstraZeneca, Oxford expect ‘next generation’ COVID-19 vaccine to tackle variants by autumn

AstraZeneca and Oxford University aim to produce a next generation of COVID-19 vaccines that will protect against variants as soon as the autumn before the Northern Hemisphere winter, an executive…

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Four in five Oxford Covid jabs delivered to EU not yet used

Four out of five of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses delivered to EU countries are yet to be used, a Guardian investigation has found, as Angela Merkel admitted to an “acceptance…

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Bulgaria accuses AstraZeneca of taking country’s vaccine ‘hope’ away

Bulgaria’s health minister has accused AstraZeneca of failing to stick to its delivery schedule of COVID-19 vaccines to the country and demanded the immediate shipment of at least 52,800 doses…

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UPDATED: AstraZeneca says it will have no vaccine supply shortfall, EU wary

AstraZeneca will deliver 180 million COVID-19 vaccines to Europe in the second quarter, including 20 million to Italy, the head of its Italian unit was quoted as saying on Thursday,…

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EU’s von der Leyen tells frivilous Europeans: ‘I’d take AstraZeneca vaccine’

The European Union’s most senior administrator said she would happily receive AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as officials rushed to find ways of ensuring doses refused by skittish Germans did not go…

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EXCLUSIVE – AstraZeneca to miss second-quarter EU vaccine supply target by half – EU official

BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca expects to deliver less than half the COVID-19 vaccines it was contracted to supply the European Union in the second quarter, an EU official told Reuters on Tuesday. The expected shortfall, which has not previously been reported,…

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Revealed – EU agreed to pay 870 million euros for supply of AstraZeneca vaccines by June, contract shows

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union agreed to pay about 870 million euros ($1.06 billion) for its supply of 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and to receive them…

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AstraZeneca vaccine faces resistance in Europe after health workers suffer side-effects

Health authorities in some European countries are facing resistance to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after side-effects led hospital staff and other front-line workers to call in sick, putting extra strain on…

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EU says AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine production capacity in Belgium has sharply increased

European Union industry commissioner Thierry Breton said the COVID-19 vaccine production capacity of a factory in Belgium that produced shots for AstraZeneca had “drastically” increased. The factory, now owned by…

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Spain to widen AstraZeneca vaccine use as contagion slows

MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Spain will administer AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine to people aged 45 to 55 in the next phase of its national inoculation plan, the Health Ministry said…

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Administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged up to 65 would not be wrong – Italian official

ROME (Reuters) - Administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged up to 65 would not be wrong, given the delays in supplies to Italy, the head of national medicines agency…

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AstraZeneca says vaccine against new Covid variants may take six months

AstraZeneca has said it could take between six and nine months to produce Covid-19 vaccines that are effective against new variants of the coronavirus, and begin administering them to the…

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Poland raises upper age limit for AstraZeneca vaccine to 65

Poland is raising the maximum age limit for people receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to 65, the minister in charge of the vaccination programme said on Friday. The country had…

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AstraZeneca vaccine could get WHO emergency approval by mid-Feb – WHO

GENEVA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine is in the final stages of review for a World Health Organization emergency-use listing and could receive approval by mid-February, the United…

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South Africa says selling AstraZeneca doses is an option

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 10 (Reuters) - South Africa's Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Wednesday that selling the AstraZeneca vaccine doses the country had bought was an option and that it…

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S.Korea to approve AstraZeneca as first COVID-19 vaccine, including for elderly

SEOUL, Feb 10 (Reuters) - South Korea on Wednesday said it would grant its first approval for a coronavirus vaccine to AstraZeneca, and will allow use in people 65 years…

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Does the world need new COVID vaccines? ‘Jury is out’, Oxford’s Pollard says

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are…

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Global health officials back AstraZeneca vaccine after South Africa study rings alarm

GENEVA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Health officials around the world gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showing it had little effect against mild disease…

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Malta: First doses of AstraZeneca arrive

Malta has now received the third vaccine against Covid-19 with the arrival of the first consignment of the vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca last night at 11pm. In a…

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UK says AstraZeneca vaccine prevents death as South Africa decision raises questions about it

The Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine prevents death and serious illness and is effective against the main variants of the virus in the United Kingdom, though people may have to have a…

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S.Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine after trial showing limited protection

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Africa will suspend use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in its immunisation programme while scientists advise on the best way to proceed, Health Minister Zweli…

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UK regulators say extra AstraZeneca vaccine data highlights efficacy in elderly

Reuters - British regulators have received extra trial data from AstraZeneca that supports their view that the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University is effective in the elderly, a vaccines official…

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AstraZeneca vaccine delivery to European countries kicks off

Euronews / CDE / Reuters - France, Italy Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic received their first shipments of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday. Malta received its shipment on Sunday.…

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Swiss delay AstraZeneca COVID vaccine approval, order more shots from others

ZURICH, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Switzerland has withheld approval for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Wednesday, demanding more efficacy and quality data before greenlighting a shot that…

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Oxford says COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective for 3 months after one shot

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca has 76% efficacy against symptomatic infection for three months after a single dose, with greater effectiveness…

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Von Der Leyen says Astrazeneca will deliver 9 million more vaccine doses – UPDATE

Jan 31 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca will deliver nine million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union in the first quarter of this year, making a total of…

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Vaccines: contract between European Commission and AstraZeneca now published

Following the renewed request from the European Commission on 27 January 2021, pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to publish the redacted contract signed between the two parties on 27 August 2020. The…

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Vaccines: contract between European Commission and AstraZeneca is published

Following the renewed request from the European Commission on 27 January 2021, pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to publish the redacted contract signed between the two parties on 27 August…

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Germany recommends AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot only for under 65s

Sky News / Reuters - Germany has said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine should not be offered to people over the age of 65, a source close to the country's government has…

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EU pushes for access to AstraZeneca COVID vaccines from UK plants

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is pushing AstraZeneca to supply the bloc with more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine from plants in Europe and Britain after the company announced…

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EU warns it may block COVID-19 vaccine exports over AstraZeneca dispute

The EU warned that it will block exports of COVID-19 vaccines outside of the EU over the AstraZeneca's announcement that deliveries will be reduced for a few weeks. On Friday…

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