Tag: AstraZeneca

Categories Russia

Creators of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine sign Putin-backed deal with UK pharma giant AstraZeneca in bid to boost efficacy

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Scientists at Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute signed a memorandum of understanding with British firm AstraZeneca on Monday, signaling the start of cooperation between the two in the fight against the coronavirus. … Read More >Creators of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine sign Putin-backed deal with UK pharma giant AstraZeneca in bid to boost efficacy

Categories Business

What lies behind AstraZeneca’s plan to team up with Russia’s highly criticized Sputnik V? RT’s Boom Bust gropes for an answer

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Earlier this week, British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced a trial program to test if its experimental coronavirus vaccine can be combined with Russia’s Sputnik V shot, which was previously bashed by the UK media. … Read More >What lies behind AstraZeneca’s plan to team up with Russia’s highly criticized Sputnik V? RT’s Boom Bust gropes for an answer

Categories Health

UK’s AstraZeneca to team up with creators of Russia’s Sputnik V on Covid-19 vaccine trials, cites potential ‘wider protection’

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British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has announced a partnership with the team behind the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to explore the potential of combining its own experimental formula with the pioneering Russian product. … Read More >UK’s AstraZeneca to team up with creators of Russia’s Sputnik V on Covid-19 vaccine trials, cites potential ‘wider protection’

Categories UK

First shots of the UK’s much-awaited AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab will be imported from Europe, vaccine taskforce says

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The British vaccine taskforce has announced that, while the vast majority of the UK’s 100 million AstraZeneca doses will come from the UK, the first shots will come from European production centres. … Read More >First shots of the UK’s much-awaited AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab will be imported from Europe, vaccine taskforce says

Categories World

Medical journal confirms AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine 70% effective, but confusing test results hinder global rollout

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With AstraZeneca’s long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine approaching UK approval, peer-reviewed data shows the jab to be 70 percent effective. Behind that number, however, lurks a confusing backstory. … Read More >Medical journal confirms AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine 70% effective, but confusing test results hinder global rollout

Categories Asia & Pacific

Participant in India’s AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial sues after experiencing ‘severe adverse effect’

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An Indian man who helped test a coronavirus jab based on AstraZeneca’s candidate vaccine has filed suit, claiming that he suffered extreme side effects during his participation in the trial. … Read More >Participant in India’s AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial sues after experiencing ‘severe adverse effect’

Categories Health

‘More information needed’: WHO says it needs more than just press release to assess AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

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AstraZeneca’s press release on its Covid-19 vaccine’s efficacy is “certainly” not enough for the World Health Organization to draw any conclusion on the matter, the UN health watchdog said, calling for more data to be made public. … Read More >‘More information needed’: WHO says it needs more than just press release to assess AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

Categories Health

Sputnik V Developers Suggest Combining Their Vaccine With AstraZeneca Shot to Boost Efficacy

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The vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford University demonstrated 62% efficacy – a far cry from the 90% and over shown in the trials of two US and one Russian vaccine that were presented earlier. … Read More >Sputnik V Developers Suggest Combining Their Vaccine With AstraZeneca Shot to Boost Efficacy

Categories UK

Efficacy vs safety? AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘busted flush’ IF it cannot help elderly – but US jabs may be worse, UK doctor tells RT

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AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine could be a lost cause if it turns out that it cannot protect the elderly against the disease, Malcolm Kendrick, an NHS GP, told RT. He warned that on the other hand, US vaccines could be dangerous. … Read More >Efficacy vs safety? AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘busted flush’ IF it cannot help elderly – but US jabs may be worse, UK doctor tells RT

Categories World

Oxford and AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to be trialed AGAIN amid mounting questions over dosage issues

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The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca will be tested again, the drug maker’s CEO said on Thursday, following growing doubts over the jab, due to dosing and data-handling errors. … Read More >Oxford and AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to be trialed AGAIN amid mounting questions over dosage issues