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New Delhi: In the wake of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca admitting in a UK court that its Covid vaccine can cause blood clots in rare cases, a group of doctors on Thursday expressed deep concern over the safety of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. At a press conference, the doctors, under…
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File picture of a nurse holding vials of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 | Photo Credit: AP AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria’s marketing authorisations…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a petition on a rare side-effect associated with the COVID-19 vaccine developed jointly by British pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and sold, in this country, as Covishield. A date for the hearing has not been set but Chief Justice DY…
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AstraZeneca is facing a class action lawsuit in the UK over its Covishield vaccine. New Delhi: British pharma giant AstraZeneca has admitted that its Covid vaccine can cause a rare side effect, The Telegraph (UK) has reported. Covishield can cause, in rare cases, a condition that leads to blot clots and low platelet count, the…
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