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A technician waits to collect vials containing vaccine after they pass through a machine that checks for bottling and vaccine substance deficiencies.

The World's Largest Vaccine Maker Took A Multimillion Dollar Pandemic Gamble

5:23pm March 18, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

NPR tours the factory of the world's largest vaccine maker: Serum Institute of India. It's manufacturing nearly 100 million doses a month of the Oxford-AstraZeneca formula and exporting them globally.

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Dr. Sabine Straus, chair of the European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee, said Thursday that the committee had concluded there is no increase in the overall risk of blood clots with the AstraZeneca vaccine.

European Medicines Agency Finds AstraZeneca Vaccine Safe And Effective

1:29pm March 18, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

"Its benefits continue to be far greater than its risks," said Dr. Sabine Straus of the agency's risk committee. It found no increase in the overall risk of blood clots with the vaccine.

Several European nations have suspended the administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine following reports of blood clotting in some patients.

Sweden, Venezuela Are Latest Countries To Question AstraZeneca Vaccine

11:01am March 16, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Several other countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland moved to suspend injections of the vaccine this week.

A pharmacist prepares to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a community vaccination center in London on Friday.

Ireland Joins List Of Countries Pausing Use Of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine

3:08pm March 14, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

Ireland has temporarily suspended use of the COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca following reports that several people developed blood clots after receiving the shot.

Vaccine prices by country and buying group.

Price Check: Nations Pay Wildly Different Prices For Vaccines

6:02pm February 19, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago gave an impassioned speech about the vaccine rollout, warning of hoarding and price gouging. Here's what we could find out about the cost of a dose.

A health worker inoculates 72-year-old Olga D'arc Pimentel with a dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. She lives on the banks of the Rio Negro near Manaus, Brazil. A small study in South Africa has raised concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine's

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You Think The U.S. Has Vaccine Issues? 130 Countries Haven't Even Started Vaccinating

11:20am February 14, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

For low- and middle-income countries, just obtaining doses has been a challenge. And now concerns are being raised about the effectiveness of the more affordable AstraZeneca option.

A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. A small study in South Africa has raised concerns about its effectiveness, but the World Health Organization has now stated: "Even if there is a possibility that this vaccine has a reduction in efficacy, we see

Up Against Mutants, WHO Says AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Still A Good Bet

2:30pm February 10, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

A small study in South Africa has raised concerns about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine, particularly in fighting virus variants.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced AstraZeneca will deliver nine million additional doses of the company's coronavirus vaccine to the EU.

EU To Get 9 Million More AstraZeneca Doses After Supply Row

3:26am February 01, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Sunday that AstraZeneca would also deliver the vaccines one week earlier than originally scheduled.

Stella Kyriakides, European commissioner for health and food safety, said that in the future all companies producing COVID-19 vaccines in the EU "will have to provide early notification whenever they want to export vaccines to third countries."

European Union Warns AstraZeneca Over Reduction In Vaccine Shipments

12:55pm January 26, 2021

"The companies must deliver. They must honor their obligations," the European Commission's president said after both AstraZeneca and Pfizer said they were experiencing shipping issues.

A health worker gets ready to take samples from people to test for COVID-19 as another registers them at a marketplace last month in New Delhi.

India Authorizes AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use

1:44pm January 02, 2021

by Sushmita Pathak

Almost 150,000 people in India have died from complications of COVID-19, behind only the U.S. and Brazil. India plans to begin inoculating its population of 1.4 billion this month.