Health Canada approves COVID 19 AstraZeneca vaccine to prevent COVID-19
Health Canada has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) and a related shot by the Serum Institute of India for use in Canada.
Health Canada has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) and a related shot by the Serum Institute of India for use in Canada.
Following a recent concern raised around thrombotic events, AstraZeneca would like to offer its reassurance on the safety of its COVID-19 vaccine based on clear scientific evidence. Safety… read more.
Article written by Gary Finnegan. The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended six medicines for approval at its February 2021 meeting:
Article written by Gary Finnegan. Regulators around the globe are aligning their approaches to the approval of vaccines and medicines against COVID-19. Closer cooperation is seen as crucial… read more.
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Article written by Gary Finnegan. New data released by Australian researchers reveals the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown period on aeromedical retrievals in rural and remote regions. Researchers… read more.
Article written by Gary Finnegan. Face masks likely played a role in reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy during the first half of 2020, according to a… read more.
Ocugen announced that its co-development partner, Bharat Biotech, announced the results of the first interim analysis of its Phase III study of Covaxin, a whole virion inactivated COVID-19… read more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark Dr Mark Tomlin, consultant critical care pharmacist, describes how recent trial findings have identified effective treatments for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome… read more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark Although SARS-CoV-2 causes a mild illness in many people, some experience severe illness characterised by a systemic inflammatory response that can lead… read more.
Pfizer Inc.and BioNTech SE announced they have begun an evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2) to understand the… read more.