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MHRA launches patient involvement pilot for drug application...

The UK drugs regulator is now asking that all applications for new medicines or indications detail the efforts made to involve patients in the drug development process.

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EMA review finds AZ COVID-19 vaccine “safe and effective”

An EMA advisory committee’s review of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 has concluded that there is no increase in the overall risk of blood clots with this vaccine.

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Resourceful or risky-The UKs controversial COVID-19 vaccine strategy

States halting AZ jab a ‘disaster’ for EU’s COVID vaccinatio...

The decision by around a dozen EU countries to suspend dosing with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is facing criticism, amid fears that it could undermine the response to the pandemic in Eur

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EU regulators probe safety of AstraZeneca vaccine batch afte...

European safety regulators have launched an investigation into the safety of a batch of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as countries including Denmark suspended its use

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NIH abandons convalescent plasma trial in mild COVID

Another trial of convalescent plasma in people with COVID-19 has missed the mark, this time in mild to moderate disease, further dashing hopes that the therapy could have an impact on the i

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