AstraZeneca, a prominent pharmaceutical company involved in Covid-19 vaccine production, has announced a global cessation of its vaccine manufacturing operations. The decision stems from what the company describes as an abundance of alternative vaccines tailored to address emerging variants of the virus. This move follows the voluntary withdrawal of its European Union marketing authorization in […]
With demand for COVID-19 vaccines outpacing the world’s supplies, a frustrated public and policymakers want to know: How can we get more? A lot more. Right away. The problem: “It’s not like adding more water to the soup,” said vaccine specialist Maria Elena Bottazzi of Baylor College of Medicine. Makers of COVID-19 vaccines need everything […]
Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, while Japan and Italy pledged free inoculations as the global death toll shot over 1.49 million after the Americas logged a big surge in cases. Hours after the announcement okayed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine boasting an efficacy rate of 95% […]
Only a fraction of the European Union population may be vaccinated against the coronavirus before 2022, EU officials said in an internal meeting, as the cure the bloc is securing may not prove effective or may not be manufactured in sufficient doses. The 27-nation bloc, with a population of 450 million, has booked more than […]
