Category: Astrazeneca

Victorian Govt Drawing Up Plans for ‘Vaccinated Economy’

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews is drawing up plans to give vaccinated Australians in his state more freedoms and to “lock out” others refusing to get the jab from venues such as stadiums, cinemas, and pubs. Andrews confirmed that discussions were taking place with industry to see how a so-called “vaccinated economy” would work, with the…


Vaccines Doesn’t Reduce Peak Viral Load When Infected With Delta Variant, UK Study Suggests

Those who caught the Delta Variant of the CCP virus after being fully vaccinated carry a similar level of peak viral burden with their unvaccinated counterparts, a new UK analysis suggests. This suggests that a vaccinated and an unvaccinated individual, while infected with the variant, would shed similar amounts of the virus at any given time…


With Delta Variant, Vaccines Don’t Reduce Peak Viral Load: UK Study

Those who caught the Delta Variant of the CCP virus after being fully vaccinated carry a similar level of peak viral burden with their unvaccinated counterparts, a new UK analysis suggests. This suggests that a vaccinated and an unvaccinated individual, while infected with the variant, would shed similar amounts of the virus at any given time…


AstraZeneca Antibody Cocktail 77 Percent Effective Against Symptomatic COVID-19 in Trial

AstraZeneca said Friday it plans to apply for regulatory approval of an antibody cocktail that a preliminary study showed was highly effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, offering a potential alternative or complement to vaccines. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker announced in an Aug. 20 release that the drug, a combination of two long-acting antibodies derived from convalescent…


Age Restrictions on AstraZeneca Shot Have Ended Reports of Rare Clots: UK Scientists

LONDON—No new cases of rare and severe blood clots following vaccination with AstraZeneca’s COVID shot have been reported in Britain in recent weeks after a decision to restrict its use in under-40s, British scientists said on Wednesday. Vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) is a combination of blood clots and low platelet levels which has…


Fully Vaccinated Sydney Man in His 90s Dies From COVID

A Sydney man in his 90s has died from COVID-19 at the Royal North Shore Hospital on Aug. 11 after receiving two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. He was originally diagnosed with COVID on July 31 and was a resident at Wyoming Aged Care in Summer Hill before being transferred to the hospital. Another gentleman…


AstraZeneca, Still Unsure of Need for COVID-19 Booster

This story originally appeared on ValueWalk Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca plc, said the company still doesn’t know if a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine will be necessary to maintain protection against the virus. Time Will Tell Soriot told CNBC: “There are two dimensions to this immunity—antibodies [which] decline over time, but the second,…


AstraZeneca Lost Money on COVID-19 Vaccine In First Half of 2021

AstraZeneca, which pledged to provide its COVID-19 vaccine at no profit for the duration of the pandemic, said Thursday that losses in the first half of the year on its vaccine shaved 4 cents off the pharmaceutical giant’s earnings per share. Sales of Vaxzevria, the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, generated $1.17 billion in revenue during the first…


AstraZeneca Finds Small Clot Risk After 1st COVID Shot, Less After 2nd

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine carries a small extra risk of rare blood clots with low platelets after the first dose and no extra risk after the second, a study led and funded by the drugmaker showed on Wednesday, after worries over side-effects. The study, published in the Lancet medical journal, found that the estimated rate of…


Two More Australians Die From Blood Clotting After AstraZeneca Jab

The Australian drug body has been notified of two more fatalities from blood clotting after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. These are the fifth and sixth deaths linked to the first dose of the vaccine from 6.1 million doses, according to the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s latest update. The two deaths were linked to confirmed cases of…