Coronavirus Notebook: Vaccine Shortage Fears Heightened By Safety Scares, Italian Jab Enters Phase II/III

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine gets the all-clear in India as the COVAX initiative hits the shortages speed bump. Also, two more antibody treatments are OKd for use in COVID-19 in the UK.

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Coronavirus vaccine shortages are very much in the news on a global level, exacerbated by supply restrictions in India. New safety scares associated with vaccines from AstraZeneca PLC and Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos. will have done nothing to inspire confidence in the global rollout.

The European Medicines Agency said last Friday that its drug safety committee, the PRAC, was investigating not only rare and...

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