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The EU’s largest countries joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs on Monday over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organization and Europe’s medicines watchdog insisted it was safe to use....

Thailand has delayed its roll-out of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a health official said Friday, after several European nations suspended their programs over blood clot fears. The kingdom was scheduled to start the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out...

NIPRO JMI Pharma Ltd. recently arranged a befitting scientific seminar on “DPP-4 inhibitors & COVID-19 related outcomes among patients with type 2 Diabetes” at hotel InterContinental, Dhaka. Distinguished Professor AK Azad Khan, President of Bangladesh Diabetic...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted value-added tax (including withholding VAT) on fees for coronavirus vaccine, post-import storage, marketing, transportation, distribution, and immunization programs, reports Media. The information was revealed in an order signed...

The Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines have been “highly effective” in reducing coronavirus infections and severe illness among elderly people in Britain, with a more than 80 percent reduction in hospitalisation, official data showed on Monday. In...

AstraZeneca Plc has sold its 7.7% stake in Moderna Inc for more than $1 billion after the U.S. biotechnology company’s shares soared on the back of its coronavirus vaccine breakthrough, The Times reported. The report added...

US biotech firm Moderna said Friday it was seeking clearance with regulators around the world to put 50 percent more coronavirus vaccine into each of its vials as a way to quickly boost current supply levels....

US President Joe Biden announced plans to vaccinate most Americans by the end of July with the help of 200 million newly acquired doses, as the country’s inoculation campaign kicked off a new phase in drugstores...

With yet another significant achievement, India has become the fastest country in the world to achieve over 70 lakh vaccinations against Covid-19. India accomplished this feat in only 26 days while it took 27 days for...

AstraZeneca announced Thursday it had doubled its annual profit in 2020 as the World Health Organization approved its coronavirus shot for over-65s, boosting the global immunization effort against Covid-19. Mass vaccination programs are being ramped up...