AstraZeneca hits snag in COVID-19 drug development

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LONDON: Vaccine-maker AstraZeneca on Tuesday (Jun 15) revealed it had hit a setback in trials of a treatment for the coronavirus. The drug, made ...

LONDON: Vaccine-maker AstraZeneca on Tuesday revealed it had hit a setback in trials of a treatment for the coronavirus.

AstraZeneca said that 1,121 unvaccinated adults had been exposed to an infected person as part of the trial. A top official in the European Medicines Agency on Sunday suggested that it might be worth abandoning AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for all age groups where alternatives are available.

 

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