Despite positive news this week regarding its COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca shares dropped due to concerns about side effects and market competitiveness. The news Monday regarding AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN)'s trial of coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 seemed to be the type of information that would push a stock's price up, not down. Interim results from the phase 1/2 trial…
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the NYSE in New YorkGENEVA (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine is probably the world's leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development, the World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist said on Friday.The British drugmaker has…
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Image copyright SEAN ELIAS - OXFORD VACCINE TRIAL Image caption Work began on a vaccine in January Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has agreed to manufacture and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford if the treatment proves effective.The company's chief executive, Pascal Soriot, said that "the need for a vaccine to defeat…
Published: April 30, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. ET AstraZeneca CEO says will know by June or July whether the vaccine works British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca's manufacturing site in Macclesfield, England. Getty Images British drug maker AstraZeneca has teamed up with the University of Oxford to develop and manufacture a vaccine for coronavirus, in a move…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…