AstraZeneca to create 100 jobs in new Dublin plant Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is planning to set up a next-generation active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Dublin to ensure its global supply network is ... Business • 21 Sep
Nerve disorder listed as 'rare' side effect of AZ jab The European Medicines Agency has listed the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause temporary paralysis, as a "very rare" side effect of the AstraZeneca ... Coronavirus • 09 Sep
AstraZeneca, EU reach settlement on vaccine delivery The European Union and AstraZeneca have resolved their differences over the troubled delivery of Covid-19 vaccines, according to a European Commission statement. Coronavirus • 03 Sep
Charles River Laboratories in €8m expansion in Ballina Charles River Laboratories International has announced plans for an €8m expansion of its testing capabilities at its Ballina, Co Mayo site which will create up ... Business • 26 Jul
UK nod paves way for AstraZeneca-Alexion deal to close AstraZeneca's $39 billion buyout of US-based rare diseases business Alexion is expected to close next week as Britain's competition watchdog cleared the deal today. Business • 14 Jul
Delayed doses of AstraZeneca jab boost immunity - study Delayed second and third doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine boost immunity against Covid-19, a study by Oxford University, which developed the jab with the British-Swedish ... Coronavirus • 28 Jun
Duterte threatens to jail those who refuse vaccine Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, frustrated by the slow pace of Covid-19 vaccinations in his country, threatened people who refuse to get inoculated with jail or ... Coronavirus • 22 Jun
AstraZeneca hits snag in Covid-19 drug development Covid vaccine-maker AstraZeneca has revealed it had hit a setback in trials of a treatment for the coronavirus. Coronavirus • 15 Jun
EU seeks penalties against AstraZeneca over dose delays The European Union has asked a Belgian court to impose penalties running to millions of euros per day on AstraZeneca for Covid-19 vaccine doses it ... Coronavirus • 26 May
UK under-40s to get alternative to AstraZeneca jab UK regulators said under-40s are to be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Coronavirus • 07 May
AstraZeneca Q1 Covid-19 vaccine revenue reaches $275m AstraZeneca said today that its Covid-19 vaccine contributed $275m in sales and shaved off three cents per share from its first-quarter earnings. Business • 30 Apr
EU may not order further AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines The European Union's internal markets commissioner Thierry Breton has hinted that the bloc might decide not to order AstraZeneca's coronavirus jab again following delays in ... Astrazeneca • 18 Apr
Australia says clotting death likely linked to AZ jab Australia has reported its first fatality from blood clots in a recipient of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shot, and its regulator said there was a likely link ... Coronavirus • 16 Apr
What happens now after new AstraZeneca advice? It is important not to overstate the impact of the latest recommendation for the AstraZeneca vaccine on the national immunisation campaign. Coronavirus • 13 Apr
NIAC recommends restriction of AZ jab to over-60s The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) has recommended that only people over 60 years of age should get the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Coronavirus • 12 Apr
EU looks to secure 1.8bn 2nd-generation vaccine doses The EU is about to start negotiations with a single pharmaceutical company to secure up to 1.8 billion doses of a "second generation" mRNA vaccine ... Coronavirus • 09 Apr
16 reports of blood clots following AZ vaccine - HPRA The Health Products Regulatory Authority has said it has received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Coronavirus • 06 Apr
Norway delays AstraZeneca vaccine decision for 3 weeks Norway will delay a decision on whether to resume the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine until 15 April, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has ... Coronavirus • 26 Mar
France accuses UK of 'blackmail' over vaccine supplies French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Europe would not let itself be subjected to "a kind of blackmail" by Britain over supplies of Covid-19 ... Coronavirus • 26 Mar
AstraZeneca says vaccine 76% effective in updated data AstraZeneca has revised down by three percentage points the effectiveness of its Covid vaccine after American authorities raised concerns that results reported from its US ... Coronavirus • 25 Mar
Johnson rules out retaliation over AstraZeneca vaccine British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the possibility the UK could engage in a tit-for-tat vaccine export war with the European Union after it ... UK • 23 Mar
AstraZeneca to publish more data on US trial Drugmaker AstraZeneca said it will release further data "within 48 hours" on US trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, after health officials raised concerns about the ... Coronavirus • 23 Mar
EU health chief urges increased vaccine production European Union Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides has urged other countries manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines to contribute to global supply and facilitate the good functioning of supply ... Coronavirus • 23 Mar
EU chief threatens AstraZeneca export ban over supplies EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to halt exports of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines if the bloc did not receive its promised deliveries first, ... Coronavirus • 20 Mar
Key questions as EU regulator to rule on AstraZeneca The European Medicines Agency is set to decide what to do about blood clot fears over the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab. Coronavirus • 18 Mar
