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AstraZeneca Admits Vaxzevria COVID Vaccine Can Cause Fatal Side Effects

AstraZeneca Admits Vaxzevria COVID Vaccine Can Cause Fatal Side Effects

AstraZeneca plc, the largest and most profitable pharmaceutical company in the United Kindgdom1 has admitted in court documents that its COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, which was developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, can cause the blood disorder thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) in “very rare cases.” TTS is an immune disorder specifically associated with […]

FDA Revokes EUA for Johnson & Johnson/Janssen’s COVID Vaccine

FDA Revokes EUA for Johnson & Johnson/Janssen’s COVID Vaccine

On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) withdrew the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Johnson & Johnson/Janssen’s adenovirus vectored Ad26.COV2.S (also known as JNJ-78436735) COVID-19 vaccine that had been granted to the companies on Feb. 27, 2021. The FDA noted that Janssen requested the voluntary withdrawal of the EUA in a letter […]

FDA Grants EUA for Novavax’s COVID Vaccine

FDA Grants EUA for Novavax’s COVID Vaccine

Opinion | On July 13, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Novavax to distribute its experimental two-dose NVX-CoV2373 (also known as “Nuvaxovid” and “Covovax”) COVID-19 vaccine for use by adults. The decision was expected, given the favorable recommendation by the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory […]

FDA Approves Fourth COVID Shot. Fifth Shot Considered.

FDA Approves Fourth COVID Shot. Fifth Shot Considered.

On Mar. 29, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a second booster dose (a fourth shot) of the Pfizer/BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) biologic BNT162b2 (“Comirnaty”) and Moderna/NIAID mRNA-1273 (“Spikevax”) for people 50 years of age and older, as well as younger individuals who are immunocompromised. The second booster would be given no […]

Autoimmune Bleeding Disorder Diagnosed After COVID Shots

Autoimmune Bleeding Disorder Diagnosed After COVID Shots

Four cases of an autoimmune bleeding disorder known as acquired hemophilia (AHA) were diagnosed in Italy’s northern province of Reggio Emilia weeks after the individuals received Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 (also known as “Comirnaty”) biologic. The report about these four cases was published in a letter to the editors of journal Thrombosis Research […]

CDC Opts for mRNA Biologics Over J&J COVID Vaccine Following Nine Blood Clotting Deaths

CDC Opts for mRNA Biologics Over J&J COVID Vaccine Following Nine Blood Clotting Deaths

Based on concerns over a growing number of reports of a blood clotting disorder known as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) following vaccination with Johnson & Johnson/Janssen’s experimental human adenovirus vectored Ad26.COV2.S vaccine, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 15-0 on Dec. 16, 2021 to recommend the experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 biologics […]

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