
Extra data supports efficacy of AstraZeneca vaccine in elderly – UK regulator
- Health & Pharma
- February 5, 2021, 12:15
British regulators have received extra trial data from AstraZeneca that supports their view that the Covid-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University(...)

Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use in UK
- UK
- December 30, 2020
A Covid-19 vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca has been approved for use in the UK, with the first jabs expected to be given on Monday. Th(...)

Open Orphan gets green light for Covid-19 nasal vaccine trial
- Health & Pharma
- December 14, 2020, 07:55
Dublin-listed pharmaceutical services company Open Orphan has received approval from the UK drugs regulator to conduct its nasal Covid-19 vaccine clin(...)

Vaccination programme begins in Northern Ireland this morning
- Irish News
- December 7, 2020, 14:51
The rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which was approved last week, begins this morning in Northern Ireland with vaccinators first to get the ja(...)

Johnson warns of lengthy roll-out after UK approves coronavirus vaccine
- UK
- December 2, 2020, 18:35
Boris Johnson has warned that it will be months before the first phase of vaccination against coronavirus is completed, after Britain on Wednesday bec(...)

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out(...)

Covid-19 vaccines seek emergency European approval
- Health & Pharma
- December 1, 2020, 14:29
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are both in line for January launches of their Covid-19 vaccines in Europe after they applied for emergency EU approval on(...)

What does the Moderna vaccine mean for the fight against Covid?
- Health & Pharma
- November 16, 2020, 13:39
As promising results are released from a second vaccine trial, we take a look at what this could mean in the battle against Covid-19. What’s happened(...)

UK records 532 Covid-19 deaths as Hancock talks up vaccine
- UK
- November 10, 2020, 21:35
The UK reported a further 532 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, its highest daily figure since May. The British government said that, as of 9am (...)

Up to 750,000 UK Covid-19 test kits recalled over safety concerns
- UK
- August 8, 2020, 13:26
Up to 750,000 unused coronavirus testing kits manufactured by diagnostics company Randox have been recalled from care homes and individuals due to con(...)