Two of the scientists behind Britain’s AstraZeneca jab could both make £26million today as the tech firm that developed it hits the US stock market. Oxford professors Sarah Gilbert and Adrian Hill both own 5.2 per cent of Vaccitech, which will later float on America’s Nasdaq exchange. The pair are alongside other scientists and investors who … Read more
Scientist behind Oxford jab used by Astrazeneca in line for £17m windfall as her company plans to float on the stock market By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 00:37 BST, 8 April 2021 The woman behind Oxford’s coronavirus jab is in line for a multi-million pound … Read more
The family of a lawyer who died from a blood clot after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine has joined the legion of politicians and health experts encouraging people to continue taking up the jab. Britain’s medical regulator yesterday announced the shots created by Oxford University would not be used for those under 30 following extremely rare … Read more
Scientist behind Oxford jab used by Astrazeneca in line for £17m windfall as her company plans to float on the stock market By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 April 2021 The woman behind Oxford’s coronavirus jab is in line for a multi-million pound … Read more
People waiting for their first Covid vaccine say they are not put off by blood clot fears – and insist they would still be happy to have AstraZeneca shot. A review by the drugs watchdog the MHRA found that by the end of March, 79 out of 20million Britons vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine had suffered … Read more
‘Blood clot? You’re more likely to be killed by a POODLE!’: Twitter users see the funny side of news that under-30s will be offered alternative to AstraZeneca jab Internet has poked fun at news that under-30s should not take AstraZeneca jab Advisory board ruled 18 to 29 year olds should be offered an alternative vaccine … Read more
Britons were once again left with a raft of questions over the safety of AstraZeneca‘s coronavirus vaccine after health chiefs today recommended it should not be given to under-30s because of its link to potentially deadly blood clots. No10’s jab advisory panel says healthy people aged 18 to 29 be offered either Pfizer or Moderna‘s … Read more
‘Be sensibly British, keep calm, and carry on’: Ex-health secretary Jeremy Hunt urges over-30s to keep getting AZ jab because being ‘over-cautious costs more lives than it saves’ The ex-Cabinet minister backed the MHRA today over the UK-created vaccine Backed regulator who had ‘got these judgement calls spectacularly right so far’ Said countries that limited … Read more
The EU’s medical regulators have said that AstraZeneca‘s vaccine should come with a clear warning that blood clots are a ‘very rare side effect’. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said most of the cases of blood clots reported have occurred in women under 60 within two weeks of vaccination with the company’s jab. No specific risk … Read more
As a clinical neurologist, I must balance on a daily basis the risks and benefits of interventions in often complex, high-risk situations. While these are specialised decisions about the net benefit of a particular course of action, they are the stuff of medicine in general – and of course of life, too. And it is … Read more