AstraZeneca gets US clearance for Alexion acquisition
16th Apr 2021 12:04
(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca has received US clearance for its proposed acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
Read moreDenmark scraps use of AstraZeneca vaccine
14th Apr 2021 15:08
(Sharecast News) - Denmark has stopped using AstraZeneca's vaccine in its Covid-19 inoculation programme because of concerns about cases of rare blood clots.
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
14th Apr 2021 13:07
(Sharecast News) - Gamesys Group: Canaccord downgrades to hold with a target price of 1,878p.
Read moreEU will not renew AstraZeneca and J&J contracts after they expire
14th Apr 2021 08:57
(Sharecast News) - The European Commission will not renew its contracts with AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson for the supply of Covid-19 vaccine doses once they expire.
Read moreAstraZeneca's Tagrisso receives Chinese approval
14th Apr 2021 08:31
(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Wednesday that Tagrisso had been approved in China for the adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated lung cancer.
Read moreAstraZeneca says Farxiga Covid-19 results not significant
12th Apr 2021 07:03
(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca said a trial of its Farxiga drug for treating hospitalised Covid-19 patients did not produce statistically significant results.
Read moreWHO chief condemns 'shocking imbalance' in Covid-19 vaccine distribution
9th Apr 2021 15:27
(Sharecast News) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that there is a "shocking imbalance" in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines worldwide and most countries do not have anywhere near enough shots to cover health workers and high risk groups.
Read moreSpain limits AstraZeneca use to people over 60
8th Apr 2021 11:15
(Sharecast News) - Spanish health minister Carolina Darias announced on Wednesday that Spain would restrict use of the AstraZeneca shot to people over the age of 60.
Read moreEMA finds potential link between AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and blood clots
7th Apr 2021 15:32
(Sharecast News) - The European Medicines Agency said on Wednesday it had found a potential link between AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine and blood clots in adults who had received the shot.
Read moreAstraZeneca jab concerns taken 'very seriously', UK adviser says
7th Apr 2021 12:21
(Sharecast News) - The UK is taking concerns about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and its potential link to blood clots "very seriously", a government adviser said ahead of expected updates from regulators.
Read moreVaccitech files for IPO in US - report
7th Apr 2021 11:24
(Sharecast News) - Vaccitech, the biotech startup that owns technology behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, has filed for an initial public offering in the US, the Financial Times reported.
Read moreEU expects near-total inoculation by July
6th Apr 2021 11:15
(Sharecast News) - Brussels expects to receive enough jabs by the end of June to vaccinate most of the European Union's population against Covid-19.
Read moreUK regulator could restrict use of AstraZeneca vaccine in under-30s
6th Apr 2021 08:38
(Sharecast News) - The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency stated it was yet to make any decision regarding the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine amid reports that it was considering restricting use of the vaccine in younger people.
Read moreEU expects to receive 107m Covid-19 doses in Q1, 30m from Astrazeneca
31st Mar 2021 12:41
(Sharecast News) - The European Union expects to receive 107m doses of the coronavirus vaccine by the end of March, 30m of which will be of that developed by Anglo-Swedish firm AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
Read moreT-cell response barely impacted by new Covid-19 strains, study shows
31st Mar 2021 09:13
(Sharecast News) - The T-cells generated by the human body in response to the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 appear to also protect against the new strains of the virus that causes Covid-19, the results of a US laboratory study showed.
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