The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported on Tuesday, according to reports from the international agency Reuters.
The vaccine can no longer be used in the European Union after the company voluntarily withdrew its “marketing authorization,” according to the report.
The request to withdraw the vaccine was submitted on March 5 and took effect on May 7, according to the report, which added that similar requests would be submitted in the coming months in the United Kingdom and other countries that had approved the vaccine. known as Vaxzevria.
AstraZeneca did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside normal business hours.
On April 30, the pharmaceutical company had admitted in legal documents the side effects of its coronavirus vaccine, as reported by lawyers representing people in the United Kingdom affected by thrombosis syndrome with thrombocytopenia (TTS) after receiving the dose of that vaccine. company.
Despite this, the pharmaceutical company maintained its position regarding these “rare” side effects.
According to British media reports, AstraZeneca admitted in legal documents the possibility that its Covid-19 vaccine could be associated with a rare side effect.
