EU regulator says AstraZeneca vaccine ‘safe and effective’
European Medicines Agency says benefits of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine far outweighed any possible risks, prompting several states to resume dispensing the shots
18 March 2021 - 21:38
Amsterdam — The EU's drug watchdog said on Thursday it is still convinced the benefits of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine outweigh the risks after an investigation into reports of blood clots that prompted more than a dozen nations to suspend its use.
European Medicines Agency (EMA) director Emer Cooke said the watchdog could not definitively rule out a link between blood clot incidents and the vaccine in its investigation into 30 cases of a rare blood clotting condition...
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