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Africa to receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses in February
COVAX has allocated 90 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and 320,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to African countries.
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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe disease and hospitalisation in Phase III trials
A preliminary analysis suggests the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca was 74 percent effective after the first dose and 82 percent effective with a 12-week inter-dose interval.
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AstraZeneca to provide EU with extra nine million doses of COVID-19 vaccine following dispute
After manufacturing delays, AstraZeneca will now provide the EU with the 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses it originally agreed to supply.
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Fire at Serum Institute of India, production site of COVID-19 vaccine
Reports have said five people have been killed in a fire at the Serum Institute of India, where the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is being made.
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EMA receives authorisation application for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
The EMA has received a conditional marketing authorisation application for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
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COVID-19 vaccine supply chains: LBC’s Tom Swarbrick interviews EPR’s Victoria Rees
Junior Editor of European Pharmaceutical Review, Victoria Rees, speaks with LBC's Tom Swarbrick about the glass vials needed to contain the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
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Concerns raised over India’s approval of COVID-19 vaccine with incomplete data
The All India Drug Action Network has said it is "shocked" India has given approval to Covaxin, a COVID-19 vaccine with a lack of peer reviewed safety and efficacy data.
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First patient receives Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Brian Pinker was the first person to receive AZD1222, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, this morning.
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Why cold chain requirements are not holding COVID-19 vaccines back
Despite the stringent storage conditions required for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the need for a return to normal life has levelled the playing field for all candidate prophylactics against SARS-CoV-2.
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Vaccine innovation in the UK: SMEs and national capabilities
The UK Government is supporting the development of COVID-19 vaccines, including two innovative UK vaccine candidates. In this article, we describe the history of these candidates and introduce innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and national capabilities that are working to combat the current pandemic and improve the UK’s vaccine…
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AstraZeneca to test combination of AZD1222 and Sputnik V vaccines
AstraZeneca will begin testing whether they can improve the efficacy of AZD1222 by combining it with the Ad26 human adenoviral vector from Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.
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AZD1222 vaccine for COVID-19 is safe and effective in Phase III trials
Interim analysis shows AZD1222 vaccine is effective at preventing COVID-19, with no severe cases or hospitalisations reported more than 21 days after first injection.
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Scaling up production capacity when the world is waiting
As the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine intensifies, nations are already ramping up production capacity on a scale never seen before – but what does this mean for manufacturers? Here, Rod Schregardus makes the case for advanced planning and scheduling techniques in new and existing facilities.
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Clinical trials to study AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine resume globally
Clinical trials for AZD1222, the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate, have resumed across the world after confirmation it is safe to do so.
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An overview of Indian COVID-19 vaccine supply and development
Prashant Khadayate, Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, explains what the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic is in India and what vaccine options are currently under development/testing.
