AstraZeneca was the first pharmaceutical laboratory to launch a vaccine on the market at the end of 2020, a year after the appearance of the virus.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/0MeQZ
AstraZeneca was the first pharmaceutical laboratory to launch a vaccine on the market at the end of 2020, a year after the appearance of the virus.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/0MeQZ
According to https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/08/astrazeneca-withdraws-covid-19-vaccine-worldwide-citing-surplus-of-newer-vaccines
But then why pull authorisation?
Is this some kind of patent thing where they “destroy” it before it becomes public domain?
They don’t want people using an ineffective product (new strains) just because they have surplus of it that then hurts their public image
Or they’d like countries that have a reserve be forced to abandon that supply and buy fresh stock.
Well, the virus mutating took care of that for them.
I don’t know if they are involved in the mRNA vaccines that have taken the market