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IND | May 21, 2021

AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine slightly less effective against variant found in India, CEO tells FT

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Vials of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are seen in a general practice facility. (File Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)

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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine was only slightly less effective against the variant first found in India than the strain identified in Kent, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Pascal Soriot said in an interview with Financial Times today (May 21).

He added the company is in talks with governments, including the United Kingdom, about new contracts for booster doses.

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