AstraZeneca

Paris: AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine has been linked to a 30-percent higher risk of getting a very rare blood clotting condition compared to the Pfizer jab, a large international study said Thursday. Several countries have already altered…

Canberra: Australia has provisionally approved the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 as a booster shot for people aged 18 years and older. However, in its announcement the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said that…

Italy: The Italian government said on Friday it was restricting the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after a teenager who had received the shot died from a rare form of blood clotting. "AstraZeneca…

Washington: The US on Tuesday discontinued the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid vaccine after six recipients in the country developed a rare blood clotting disorder. Those who had taken the jab were women between 18 and…

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, as several major EU member states halted their rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab. The fresh suspensions were a major blow to a global…

Amsterdam: The Netherlands suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects. "Based on new information, the Dutch Medicines Authority has advised, as a precautionary measure and…

Denmark: Several countries including Denmark, Norway and Iceland have temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots. Denmark has temporarily suspended use of…

Bangalore: AstraZeneca India (AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited), a leading science-led biopharmaceutical company, announced that they have received marketing authorisation for their anti-diabetic drug dapagliflozin, in India for the…