Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccine worldwidereported on Tuesday The Telegraph. The vaccine can no longer be used in the European Union after the company voluntarily withdraw its “marketing authorization”according to the report.
The request to withdraw the vaccine was submitted on March 5 and came into effect on May 7, according to the report, which details that Similar applications would be submitted in the United Kingdom in the coming months and other countries that had approved the vaccine, known as Vaxzevria.
AstraZeneca did not immediately respond to a request for Reuters, an agency that requested further comment on this decision. According to British media reports, AstraZeneca admitted in legal documents the possibility that Your Covid-19 vaccine could be associated with a side effect rare.
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AstraZeneca admitted that its Covid-19 vaccine may cause “rare” side effects
On April 30, the pharmaceutical company had admitted in legal documents the side effects of its vaccine against the coronavirus, as reported by lawyers representing people in the United Kingdom affected by the thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after receiving the dose from that company.
Nonetheless, The pharmaceutical company maintained its position regarding these “rare” side effects. These statements emerged in the context of a class action lawsuit – by 51 people – in the United Kingdom, where it is alleged that the vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford, caused serious injuries in some cases.
The company had mentioned the possibility of this adverse effect in a document published in 2021, but now denies changing his position in court documents. The lawsuit argues that the vaccine caused serious adverse reactions in some people, deeply affecting several families.
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The laboratory initially rejected these claims, but later accepted them in a legal document filed in the Superior Court, where admitted that its formulation “may, in very rare cases, cause TTS”that is, thrombosis syndrome with thrombocytopenia, which can result in the formation of clots in the blood and a low platelet count.
As described The Telegraphthe company admitted the presence of these rare cases as part of its legal defense against the lawsuit Jamie Scott, who was the first to present it in 2023, after suffering an irreversible brain injury after being vaccinated in April 2021.
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