AstraZeneca Pulls COVID Vaccine from EU, Begins Global Withdrawal | Covid 19 Vaccine Updates |News18

AstraZeneca Pulls COVID Vaccine from EU, Begins Global Withdrawal | Covid 19 Vaccine Updates |News18Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca will withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine worldwide, UK-based media outlet The Telegraph said in a report published Tuesday (local time).The report said that the vaccine can no longer be used in the European Union after the company voluntarily withdrew its “marketing authorisation”.AstraZeneca submitted the application to withdraw the vaccine on March 5 and the application came into effect on May 7. The pharma major will make similar applications in the UK and other countries that had approved the vaccine in the coming months. Their vaccine for Covid was known as Vaxzevria.