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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi shows promise in treating aggressive lung cancer

AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab said on Friday its blockbuster cancer drug Imfinzi helped improve overall and progression-free survival in patients with limited-stage small...

AstraZeneca bets on next-generation cancer therapy

AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it will buy Canadian drug developer Fusion Pharmaceuticals, for $2 billion in cash as the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker bets on next-generation...

AstraZeneca returns to profit on higher drugs revenue

LONDON: British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced a return to third-quarter profit on increased revenue from sales of its drugs. Net profit for the...

Lynparza: AstraZeneca gets EU backing for breast cancer therapies

AstraZeneca said on Monday two of its existing therapies were recommended for treating patients with some forms of high-risk breast cancers in the European...

Pakistan approves another Covid-19 vaccine for booster shots

ISLAMABAD: With the positivity rate of coronavirus currently hovering at 9.48 per cent, the federal health ministry on Wednesday included another vaccine in the...

Rare spinal condition listed as side effect of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

A safety panel of the European drug regulator on Friday recommended adding a rare spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side effect of...

AstraZeneca says third dose helps against Omicron

AstraZeneca said on Thursday that preliminary data from a trial showed that its COVID-19 shot, Vaxzevria, generated an increase in antibodies against the Omicron...

AstraZeneca vaccine booster works against Omicron

A three-dose course of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the rapidly-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, the pharmaceutical company said on Thursday, citing data from...

AstraZeneca, Oxford aim to produce Omicron-targeted vaccine

AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it is working with Oxford University to produce a vaccine for the Omicron coronavirus variant, joining other vaccine-makers who are...

Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ shots with Moderna gives better immune response: study

A major British study into mixing COVID-19 vaccines has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of...

AstraZeneca examining impact of new COVID variant on vaccine, antibody cocktail

AstraZeneca said on Friday it was examining the impact of a new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly in South Africa on its vaccine...

AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody drug offers 83% protection

AstraZeneca on Thursday cemented its lead in bringing a preventative COVID-19 shot for the non-infected to market for people who do not respond well...

AstraZeneca to take profit from Covid vaccine sales

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Friday it has begun to sell its Covid vaccine at a profit as the company posted a third quarter...

UK adds GBS as rare side-effect of AstraZeneca vaccine

The UK drug regulator added an extremely rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine,...

AstraZeneca antibody cocktail succeeds in study to treat COVID-19

AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday,...

AstraZeneca seeks authorisation of drug to prevent COVID-19

AstraZeneca has requested emergency use authorisation from US regulators for its new treatment to prevent COVID-19 for people who respond poorly to vaccines because...

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows 74% efficacy in large US trial

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 74% efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5% in people aged 65 and older, according to...

Study shows antibody growth from AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine mix

A small-scale clinical study of the combined use of the AstraZeneca and Sputnik Light vaccines against COVID-19 has shown strong antibody growth in a...

EU lists rare nerve disorder as possible side-effect of AstraZeneca vaccine

Europe's medicines regulator has added a rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome, as a possible side-effect of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, regular safety updates from the...

Thailand cites positive results from Sinovac-AstraZeneca vaccine formula

Thailand's health ministry said on Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine regimen of China's Sinovac followed by British-developed AstraZeneca was safe and successfully boosted immunity...

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