If authorised, the UK will be one of the first countries in the world to receive the vaccine. AstraZeneca expects to have up to 4 million doses ready by the end of 2020.
Questions are mounting over AstraZeneca vaccine after it said a lower dosage level that appeared more effective resulted from a manufacturing discrepancy.
The comments came after AstraZeneca & Oxford University acknowledged a manufacturing error that is raising doubts about preliminary results of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine.
While AstraZeneca earlier showed 70% efficacy on average in a late-stage study, the scant details released by the UK partners raises doubts on whether US regulators will clear it.
The vaccine was 90% effective when a half-dose was given before a full-dose booster. However, that regime was administered to participants in a group whose age was capped at 55.
As findings of Astra-Oxford's Covid vaccine early trial results don't seem straightforward, questions are being raised if people will get vaccines with differing upfront efficacy.
AstraZeneca and Oxford are taking a different vaccine approach from the one used by Pfizer and Moderna. Here's what the results could mean in the battle.
If final-stage trial data show AstraZeneca’s candidate gives effective protection, Serum Institute of India may get emergency authorization by December.
The UK drugmaker said the group of patients taking the cancer drug Calquence in addition to standard care didn’t show fewer deaths or respiratory failures.
A doctor affected by childhood polio, who now serves as a respected faculty member and walks with a visible caliper, was instructed to report to the neurology OPD for ‘re-evaluation’.
The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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