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The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID‑19 vaccine is used to provide protection against infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus in order to prevent COVID-19 in adults aged 18 years and older. [1] The medicine is administered by two 0.5 ml (0.017 US fl oz) doses given by intramuscular injection into the deltoid muscle (upper arm).
May 8, 2024 at 8:47 AM. Antonio Masiello/Getty Images. AstraZeneca is withdrawing its highly successful coronavirus vaccine, citing the availability of a plethora of new shots that has led to a ...
AstraZeneca to withdraw COVID vaccine globally as demand dips. May 8, 2024 at 6:12 AM. (Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due ...
Sputnik V ( Russian: Спутник V, the brand name from the Russian Direct Investment Fund or RDIF) or Gam-COVID-Vac ( Russian: Гам-КОВИД-Вак, the name under which it is legally registered and produced [3]) is an adenovirus viral vector vaccine for COVID-19 developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and ...
AstraZeneca plc ( / ˌæstrəˈzɛnəkə /) ( AZ) is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company [2] [3] [4] with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England. [5] It has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas including oncology, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection ...
Alpidem (Ananxyl) 1995. Worldwide. Not approved in the US, withdrawn in France in 1994 [4] and the rest of the market in 1995 because of rare but serious hepatotoxicity. [3] [5] Alosetron (Lotronex) 2000. US. Serious gastrointestinal adverse events; ischemic colitis; severe constipation. [2]
Adding to AstraZeneca’s woes, the company had promised to ship 90 million doses of the vaccine to the EU in the first quarter of 2021, but less than a third of that number showed up.
The AstraZeneca shot is a pillar of a U.N.-backed project known as COVAX that aims to get COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries, and it has also become a key tool in European countries’ efforts ...