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EU safety regulators clear J&J COVID shot despite tiny clot ...

The benefits of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine outweigh a tiny risk of unusual blood clots forming, Europe’s drugs regulator has said.

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Risk of brain clots higher with COVID than vaccine, study su...

A study has suggested that the risk of getting a serious brain clot is eight to 10 times higher in people with COVID-19 than those who get a vaccine.

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Czech Republic swoops for Denmark's 2.4m unwanted AZ COVID s...

The Czech Republic wants to buy around 2.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine ditched by Denmark, which has said it will stop using it because of concerns about rare

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UK will offer under-30s alternative to AZ's COVID jab

The UK drugs regulator has said people aged under 30 should be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, because of evidence linking it to rare blood clots.

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Paediatric trial of AZ COVID jab 'halted as a precaution'

Oxford University has suspended a clinical trial of its AstraZeneca-partnered COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents while a possible link to rare cases of blood clotting is investiga

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ABPI’s Sheuli Porkess on how COVID-19 could improve clinical trial conduct

Safety study pushes back phase 3 trial of Newron's schizophr...

Switzerland’s neurology specialist Newron must hold off starting a phase 3 study of its schizophrenia drug evenamide to complete a small study to show safety at a higher dose, causing a fur