Pascal Soriot

COVID: AstraZeneca pledges USD 250,000 as humanitarian aid to India

11:59 pm May 11, 2021

New Delhi: Drug major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it has pledged USD 250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) in humanitarian aid to India to support relief activities amid the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country. The aid to India is part of the USD 1 million which the British-Swedish multinational has earmarked for relief initiatives across communities which have been […]

Tensions rise as AstraZeneca, EU hold vaccine delivery talks

7:42 pm January 27, 2021

Brussels: The European Union‘s dispute with AstraZeneca intensified Wednesday with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker denying the EU’s assertion that it had pulled out of talks on vaccine supplies. AstraZeneca said in a statement that it still planned to meet with EU officials in Brussels later in the day. The comments came after EU officials said the company had informed the […]

Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine approved by UK regulator

2:54 pm December 30, 2020

London: The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford and produced by AstraZeneca was on Wednesday approved for human use by the UK’s independent regulator. The approval by Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) means the vaccine is both safe and effective. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was already lining up thousands […]