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Astra’s Pain Grows as U.S. Questions Beleaguered Vaccine

  • U.S. panel raised issues with data hours after publication
  • Drugmaker wants to update findings within the next 48 hours
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After enduring months of public criticism, AstraZeneca Plc finally caught a moment of reprieve for its Covid-19 vaccine this week when U.S. trial data showed the shot to be highly effective, working well in the elderly, and raising no safety concerns.

The good news lasted less than a day.