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Serum Institute expects emergency clearance next month

The world’s largest vaccine maker is ramping up production of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 injection, aiming to have 100 million doses ready by December for an inoculation campaign that could begin across India later that month. If the data from the end-stage trial shows that AstraZeneca’s candidate provides effective protection against …

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How will we know if a covid vaccine works?

Drug manufacturers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants already underway. Some companies had suggested that the first test data could be ready for release in October, but have since postponed …

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AstraZeneca expects vaccine data this year

AstraZeneca, the British-Swedish drugmaker that partnered with the University of Oxford for a covid vaccine, expects results from late-stage trials of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine later this year, depending on the infection rate between the trial participants. There are currently more than 200 vaccine candidates in development, and the vaccine …

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AstraZeneca denies trial subject had a nervous ailment

AstraZeneca Plc, the drug maker working with the University of Oxford on a Covid-19 vaccine, contradicted a report that a volunteer in UK testing of the injection developed a rare nerve disease that could have pointed to serious safety concerns. . AstraZeneca responded to a CNN report on Thursday citing …

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