https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway, which has suspended the use of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine until further notice, will send 216,000 doses to Sweden and Iceland at their request, the Norwegian health ministry said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20210422/norway-to-send-200000-astrazeneca-doses-to-sweden-and-iceland Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:29:38 +0200 norway-to-send-200000-astrazeneca-doses-to-sweden-and-iceland The European Medicines Agency has come to the conclusion that the unusual blood clots suffered by numerous people around Europe should be considered as rare side effects of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, but that overall the benefits of the jab outweigh the risk. https://www.thelocal.se/20210407/europes-medicines-regulator-finds-possible-link-between-astrazeneca-jab-and-blood-clots Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:24:27 +0200 europes-medicines-regulator-finds-possible-link-between-astrazeneca-jab-and-blood-clots As Sweden's public health agency warned of a continued "significant rise" in Covid-19 cases, it said it did not believe travel during the winter sports break was a driver of the rising infection rate. https://www.thelocal.se/20210323/swedens-rising-infection-rate-not-caused-by-winter-sports-break-public-health-agency Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:11:30 +0100 swedens-rising-infection-rate-not-caused-by-winter-sports-break-public-health-agency The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was a "safe and effective" tool in the battle against Covid-19 but its investigation could not rule out whether the jab had caused rare cases of blood clotting. https://www.thelocal.se/20210318/breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:16:51 +0100 breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes The EU's medicines regulator said Tuesday it was "firmly convinced" the benefits of AstraZeneca's vaccine outweigh potential risks, insisting there was no evidence linking it to blood clots after several nations suspended the shot over health fears. It came as Brussels sealed a deal for 10 million more Pfizer doses. https://www.thelocal.se/20210316/astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:11:24 +0100 astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses AstraZeneca in Södertälje was evacuated on Wednesday after dangerous chemicals were at risk of leaking as a result of a power outage affecting southern Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20180516/astrazeneca-evacuated-after-power-cut-causes-chem-leak-risk Wed, 16 May 2018 14:14:58 +0200 astrazeneca-evacuated-after-power-cut-causes-chem-leak-risk Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has started preliminary preparations for the possibility of a hard Brexit, which would mean moving some of its operations away from the UK, the company's chairman revealed to a Swedish newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20170928/astrazeneca-has-started-preparing-for-hard-brexit-including-operations-move-from-uk Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:28:20 +0200 astrazeneca-has-started-preparing-for-hard-brexit-including-operations-move-from-uk After fighting off a fierce takeover bid from Pfizer, Swedish-British drugmaker AstraZeneca raised its 2014 earnings outlook and posted rising second quarter sales on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140801/astrazeneca-earnings-climb Fri, 01 Aug 2014 09:07:00 +0200 astrazeneca-earnings-climb Sweden's prime minister has said that a Pfizer takeover of AstraZeneca could slash jobs, undermine research, and offer little value for money for Swedish citizens whose taxes have been invested in the life sciences. https://www.thelocal.se/20140508/reinfeldt-worried-over-astrazeneca-bid Thu, 08 May 2014 18:13:00 +0200 reinfeldt-worried-over-astrazeneca-bid Sweden's finance minister has recalled that Pfizer's old promise to keep Pharmacia in Sweden fell flat, which makes him worried as the US drugs giant moves in on Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca. https://www.thelocal.se/20140506/borg-shares-pfizer-concerns-with-osborne-astrazeneca Tue, 06 May 2014 19:33:00 +0200 borg-shares-pfizer-concerns-with-osborne-astrazeneca US drugs giant Pfizer has said it was disappointed with Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca for not only rejecting its takeover bid, but refusing to discuss alternatives. https://www.thelocal.se/20140506/astrazeneca-disappoints-us-pfizer Tue, 06 May 2014 10:55:00 +0200 astrazeneca-disappoints-us-pfizer Losing Astra-Zeneca to Pfizer appears inevitable, because Sweden has a bad track record of withstanding short-sighted investors, warns industry expert Torun Nilsson. https://www.thelocal.se/20140505/anti-capitalism-cost-sweden-its-drugs-industry Mon, 05 May 2014 17:00:00 +0200 anti-capitalism-cost-sweden-its-drugs-industry As Anglo-Swedish drug giant AstraZeneca rejected Pfizer's renewed bid on Friday, Sweden's enterprise minister said she feared any future take-over could result in a loss of jobs in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20140502/minister-fears-pfizer-to-cull-swedish-jobs Fri, 02 May 2014 17:52:00 +0200 minister-fears-pfizer-to-cull-swedish-jobs Pfizer announced on Friday that it had revised its takeover offer for Anglo-Swedish drug giant AstraZeneca. https://www.thelocal.se/20140502/us-drug-giant-pfizer-raises-astrazeneca-bid Fri, 02 May 2014 11:02:00 +0200 us-drug-giant-pfizer-raises-astrazeneca-bid US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer confirmed on Monday that it had put in a bid to takeover Anglo-Swedish drug giant AstraZeneca. https://www.thelocal.se/20140428/us-drug-giant-pfizer-astrazeneca Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:42:00 +0200 us-drug-giant-pfizer-astrazeneca Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca announced on Thursday it would buy Bristol-Myers Squibb's stake in their diabetes venture at a price tag of over $4 billion. https://www.thelocal.se/20131219/astrazeneca-takes-helm-on-diabetes-venture Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:09:00 +0100 astrazeneca-takes-helm-on-diabetes-venture AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy US-based cancer drugs company Amplimmune, as the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group seeks to bolster its flagging pipeline of new products. https://www.thelocal.se/20130828/49900 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:35:00 +0200 49900 Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca announced a 4-percent revenue decrease in the second quarter, citing the loss of exclusivity of several key brands. https://www.thelocal.se/20130801/49378 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:32:00 +0200 49378 Sweden's once flourishing pharmaceutical testing industry has been decimated in recent years, suffering an 85-percent drop according to new figures that industry experts describe as "deeply troubling". https://www.thelocal.se/20130517/47970 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:00 +0200 47970 Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Thursday said that its net profit tumbled 38 percent in the first quarter of the year to $1.0 billion after losing market exclusivity for some of its key drugs. https://www.thelocal.se/20130425/47546 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:53:00 +0200 47546