Brazil, one of the world epicenters of the covid-19 pandemic, received this Friday from India two million doses of the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Anglo-Swedish laboratory AstraZeneca. The first doses of said vaccine arrived in Brazil a week later than was initially planned by the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, … Read more
In the first phase, India will begin to inject 300 million people, or roughly 20% of the total population, free of charge. It starts with 30 million medical personnel, followed by people aged 50 and over and 270 million with underlying diseases. The Indian government is aiming for the first 300 million vaccinations to be … Read more
JN / Agencies Today at 00:03– AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford today recognized a manufacturing error that is raising questions about the preliminary results and the effectiveness of their experimental vaccine against covid-19. The statement, where the error is acknowledged, comes days after the company and the university described the vaccine as “highly effective”, … Read more
THE MIND OF THE PEOPLE – The vaccine race corona virus has produced three winners. Pfizer/BioNTech, Modern, and AstraZeneca/Oxford are three vaccine candidates tested in the US, Europe and other western regions that have produced impressive Phase 3 results. All three are likely to get emergency approval in the coming weeks and months. That’s a … Read more
A dosage error and a stroke of luck paved the way for the vaccine produced by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford to reach 90% effectiveness when administered in half a dose, followed by a dose a month later. “The reason we had a half dose was a fluke”, Mene Pangalos, head … Read more
Fewer and fewer of those who graduated from Oxford or Cambridge universities remain on the boards of directors of companies included in the FTSE 100 index. As a study by New Street Consulting Group, which the newspaper publishes The Times, now only 10% of representatives of the management of the largest companies in the UK … Read more