AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study questioned after manufacturing error

Published November 27, 2020 3:24pm ET



AstraZeneca and Oxford University acknowledged on Wednesday that a manufacturing error has cast doubt on their recent announcement that their COVID-19 vaccine candidate was up to 90% effective.

The Monday announcement claimed that partial results from larger studies showed AstraZeneca’s vaccine had an average 70% effectiveness based on evidence that one dosage amount was roughly 90% effective and another was 62% effective.

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