DELAWARE, Sept 23 — AstraZeneca said today its experimental precision drug developed with Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo does not significantly improve overall survival for patients with a type of breast cancer in a late-stage trial.

CAMBRIDGE, July 1 — AstraZeneca said today the European Union’s drug regulator accepted a market authorisation application for its investigational Covid-19 prevention drug, sipavibart, for an accelerated assessment.

BENGALURU, May 21 — AstraZeneca plans to build a US$1.5 billion (RM7 billion) manufacturing facility in Singapore to produce a promising category of cancer-killing drugs called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said on Monday.

BALING, May 10 — The government is committed to offering continued care for individuals who have received the Covid-19 vaccine, including those administered with AstraZeneca, and who may have encountered side effects.

BENGALURU, May 8 — AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it has initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic.

LONDON, Aug 24 — AstraZeneca may not stay in the vaccine business in the long run, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, showing how quickly fortunes have changed for the drugmaker that produced one of the first Covid-19 shots but has since lost out to rivals.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has agreed to grant conditional registration approval for the product Evusheld 100 milligrammes per millimetre (mg/ml) Solution For Injection (Tixagevimab 100 mg/ml and Cilgavimab 100 mg/ml) manufactured by AstraZeneca AB of Sweden.

(REUTERS), Jan 13 — AstraZeneca said on Thursday that preliminary data from a trial showed that its Covid-19 shot, Vaxzevria, generated an increase in antibodies against the Omicron and other variants when given as a third booster dose.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The government has decided to donate 559,200 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh and 283,400 doses to Laos to ensure the countries in need have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine supply.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — The Technical Working Committee (TWG) under the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force-Booster (CITF-B) has recommended booster dose involving three types of vaccines to be dispensed to all residents aged 18 and above.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The 366th Drug Control Authority (DCA) meeting today agreed to give conditional approval for the use of AstraZeneca and CoronaVac vaccines as COVID-19 booster dose to individuals aged 18 and above after receiving the primary series of vaccination from the same type (homologous).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufactured in Thailand has been authorised under the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure with immediate effect.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 —  A third dose of Covid-19 vaccine, given at an interval of six months after the second dose, can lead to a strong boost in immune response, with an increase of three to five folds in neutralising antibody titers.

BANGKOK, Aug 17 — Thailand will purchase an additional 12 million doses of Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine to try to expedite its rollout, a senior official said on Tuesday, despite concerns over its efficacy against the Delta variant.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their appreciation to the United Kingdom (UK) government for the donation of 415,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine today.

SEPANG, Aug 3 — Malaysia today received 415,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine contributed by the United Kingdom (UK), which will further boost the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The emergence of more aggressive new variants has sparked questions about the effectiveness of existing Covid-19 vaccines against them.

BANGKOK, July 24 — AstraZeneca Plc is scouring across its “20+ supply chains in its worldwide manufacturing network” to find additional vaccines for Southeast Asia, including Thailand.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — The EU should not discriminate over where AstraZeneca vaccines are produced as the same formula is used at all its manufacturing facilities, said the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Pharmaniaga Logistics Sdn Bhd (PLSB) will manage the logistics and distribution of more than eight million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines at its four warehouses located in Selangor, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak.