AstraZeneca's Alexion acquisition cleared by European Commission
(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that its $39bn proposed acquisition of US drug developer Alexion has been cleared by the European Commission.
Read more(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that its $39bn proposed acquisition of US drug developer Alexion has been cleared by the European Commission.
Read moreAlmost half of Irish adults now fully vaccinated against Covid-19
Read moreBUENOS AIRES, July 2 (Reuters) - Argentina will tweak legislation to help the country receive U.S. donations of COVID-19 vaccinations, senior officials said on Friday, a move that could also help unlock deals that have proved tricky with drugmake...
Read more(Adds Fiocruz statement)BRASILIA, July 2 (Reuters) - Municipalities across Brazil on Friday denied a newspaper report that said health ministry data showed cities administered at least 26,000 expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots.The southern...
Read more(New throughout, adds denials by cities)BRASILIA, July 2 (Reuters) - Municipalities across Brazil on Friday denied a newspaper report that said health ministry data showed cities administered at least 26,000 expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine sh...
Read moreBRASILIA, July 2 (Reuters) - At least 26,000 out-of-date AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Brazil, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on Friday, citing Health Ministry data.The report represents the latest blow to Brazi...
Read moreIreland agrees deal to buy one million vaccines from Romania
Read more(Combines separate stories, adds background)LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rebuffed concerns raised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during a visit to Britain, that big crowds at upcoming Euro 2020 soccer matche...
Read moreLONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he did not plan to order a reduction in crowds attending the remaining Euro 2000 tournament soccer matches due to take place in London's Wembley Stadium.Crowd capacity ...
Read moreBy Umar FarooqISLAMABAD, July 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan has received 2.5 million doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry and the U.S. embassy in Islamabad said on Friday."These vaccines will give...
Read more(Adds British quotes)BRUSSELS, July 2 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it is looking at ways to agree a coordinated approach to accepting the Indian version of AstraZeneca's shot, Covishield, across the European Union but will ne...
Read moreLONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he saw no reason why people who received Indian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines should be left out of vaccine passport schemes after the European Union did not init...
Read moreBERLIN, July 2 (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn announced measures on Friday to boost the effectiveness of the country's vaccination programme against an expected wave of the Delta variant of COVID-19, which is more infectious.Spahn t...
Read more(Sharecast News) - Germany's government committee on vaccinations believes combining the Covid-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca and mRNA ones such as Pfizer's is the best way to combat the so-called Delta variant.
Read moreDUBLIN, July 2 (Reuters) - Ireland will give 18- to 34-year-olds the option of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine one to two months earlier than scheduled in a bid to slow the spread of the Delta variant of the disease and resume a delayed reopening of...
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