Jul 23, 2021 | News, Regulatory
AstraZeneca has been granted FDA approval for its once-weekly diabetes medicine Bydureon (exenatide) to treat children (aged 10-18) with type-2 diabetes. The drug, an injectable suspension, aims to lower blood sugar rates. The approval is based on a late-stage study...
Jul 8, 2021 | News, Regulatory
A drug by AstraZeneca and Amgen designed to treat asthma has been granted a speedy review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The experimental drug tezepelumab aims to reduce asthma attacks for patients with severe and uncontrolled forms of asthma. Both...
Mar 22, 2021 | News, Regulatory
The New England Journal of Medicine published results from a study to test AstraZeneca’s vaccine’s efficacy for the South African variant of COVID-19. The clinical study was conducted in South Africa with 1,467 participants, of which 2.5% developed...
Feb 16, 2021 | News, Regulatory
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday (2/15) its approval of emergency use authorization (EUA) of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine is currently approved in the UK and EU, and the WHO’s approval opens more doors for other nations...
Jan 29, 2021 | EMA, News, Regulatory
The European Medicine’s Agency (EMA) announced today (1/29) it’s approval of the AstraZeneca and University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine. The approval marks the third vaccine passed by the EMA. The vaccine is administered as two doses, with the second coming between 4...
