Regulators Reassure On AZ Vaccine Safety After Rare Side Effect Deemed Plausible

Vaccine Faces Global Confidence Test

The EMA and MHRA issue parallel safety updates on the vaccine, with the UK offering an alternative of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines to the under 30s.    

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AZ's Vaccine Is Key part of the global pandemic response • Source: Getty

The safety profile of AstraZeneca PLC’s COVID-19 vaccine has received backing from medicines regulators in the European Union and UK, even though both concluded it is likely to raise the risk of very rare but sometimes fatal blood clots.

The safety reviews looked at cases of thrombosis occurring together with low levels of platelets (thrombocytopenia), in particular brain blood...

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