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What exactly is happening with AstraZeneca?

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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Danzy wrote: »
    They could pull the finger out and get it approved.

    The response has been pretty limp wristed for the last few months.

    Tell me what vaccination regime should be applied on approval?

    When should the second dose happen?


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,096 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Astra Zeneca is one of the few that aren't cashing in on this and are providing it for cost.

    Their plant in India is not meeting production targets, due to shortage of a specific ingredient from China.

    China presumably using it up for its own vaccine.


  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    2 fires? One fire is unfortunate...

    Original post edited. Fire at Indian plant and production issues at plant in Belgium.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭basill


    Grabs popcorn, sits back to watch the thread turn into a ‘those bloody Brits it’s all a Brexit stitch up forgetting the company is half owned by a Swedish company’!!


    Its a plc. The original Zeneca shareholders who received 53.5% of the shares following the merger with Astra AB weren't necessarily Swedish.

    Indian plant would appear to be a separate entity and exclusively for the production of local product called Covishield. Would appear to be a red herring.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭Sweet.Science


    How so? There are precisely zero facts as yet and just because there’s been some very unstatesmanlike rants coming out of Brussels it’s not what you think, it’s what you can prove.

    All anyone has been told as yet is that there’s been a fire in an Indian plant and Belgian plant, the latter being the cause of the Pfizer and BioNtech delays.

    Surely in the unlikelihood of 2 fires occuring at 2 separate plants at least it would be easy to explain

    However they can't provide a reason for the delay

    It stinks


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  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    Tell me what vaccination regime should be applied on approval?

    When should the second dose happen?

    What’s that got to do with the time it’s taking to sign off on the AZ vaccine. That’s just deflecting!

    They’ve all jumped into throwing their weight around yet we’re still 4 days off from them approving the vaccine they’re moaning they won’t get enough of anyway!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭Dressoutlet


    Tbh I'm pissed off at the EU telling Ireland we can't have a supply ready for when it's approved. They're taking their time and punishing the UK for brexit (not a fan of brexit myself, I support the EU) but risking the rest of our health's for spite. AZ should tell the EU to go fxxk themselves.


  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    basill wrote: »
    Its a plc. The original Zeneca shareholders who received 53.5% of the shares following the merger with Astra AB weren't necessarily Swedish.

    Indian plant would appear to be a separate entity and exclusively for the production of local product called Covishield. Would appear to be a red herring.

    Ah a quick Google fact. Thanks. Irrelevant to it being a U.K./Swedish company entirely.


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,096 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Tell me what vaccination regime should be applied on approval?

    When should the second dose happen?

    The regime that follows best medical practice driven by the evidence.

    The 2nd dose is ditto.

    The EU has been lax on the response, that's hardly contentious.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,843 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Grabs popcorn, sits back to watch the thread turn into a ‘those bloody Brits it’s all a Brexit stitch up forgetting the company is half owned by a Swedish company’!!




    The main connection with Brexit was that Brexit allowed the UK ruling classes to use the workers as guinea pigs for the vaccine roll out



    It also allows the UK to jump the queue and outbid the EU countries and potentially start a bidding war for short-term optics.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Mike3549


    Tbh I'm pissed off at the EU telling Ireland we can't have a supply ready for when it's approved. They're taking their time and punishing the UK for brexit (not a fan of brexit myself, I support the EU) but risking the rest of our health's for spite. AZ should tell the EU to go fxxk themselves.

    Its not EU who tells that, its AZ


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    What’s that got to do with the time it’s taking to sign off on the AZ vaccine. That’s just deflecting!

    They’ve all jumped into throwing their weight around yet we’re still 4 days off from them approving the vaccine they’re moaning they won’t get enough of anyway!

    Astra Zenaca did a trial based on the second dose being 3 weeks after the first dose. The efficacy was 62%.

    They had a second regimen of a half dose and then 4-5 months later a full dose with efficacy of around 90%. Astra Zenaca said that this was wrong and it was flawed.

    Astra Zenaca have then come up with a 3rd regimen with very little data of taking one dose and 12 weeks later taking a second dose. There was next to no trial data on it bus Astra zenaca said they thing it's the best based on some lab based data.

    If we are to approve the vaccine and a dosage regimen we should have some better data. Hopefully the ema have better data now but the above is a summary of what they had last time.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,839 ✭✭✭Russman


    Tbh I'm pissed off at the EU telling Ireland we can't have a supply ready for when it's approved. They're taking their time and punishing the UK for brexit (not a fan of brexit myself, I support the EU) but risking the rest of our health's for spite. AZ should tell the EU to go fxxk themselves.

    Ireland is the EU and a company can’t release unapproved medicinal products before they’re approved. It’s not the EU just saying we can’t.

    You really want us to go short of vaccines because you have the hump with the EU ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    The main connection with Brexit was that Brexit allowed the UK ruling classes to use the workers as guinea pigs for the vaccine roll out



    It also allows the UK to jump the queue and outbid the EU countries and potentially start a bidding war for short-term optics.

    U.K. ruling classes use workers as guinea pigs......jump the queue.......Jesus Christ I’ve heard it all now!!! LOL!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,096 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Tbh I'm pissed off at the EU telling Ireland we can't have a supply ready for when it's approved. They're taking their time and punishing the UK for brexit (not a fan of brexit myself, I support the EU) but risking the rest of our health's for spite. AZ should tell the EU to go fxxk themselves.

    To a degree countries are pushing their own, drives jobs etc but it's just not getting on with it mostly.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,843 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Danzy wrote: »
    They could pull the finger out and get it approved.

    The response has been pretty limp wristed for the last few months.




    Because they are not taking shortcuts? Or allowing exceptions that wouldn't normally be allowed? Hardly limp-wristed is it?



    UK seem happy enough to bung over a large wad and start injecting it into their citizens without asking too many questions. Seems like the UK basically kinda said "ok, we trust you guys and won't question you."


  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    Astra Zenaca did a trial based on the second dose being 3 weeks after the first dose. The efficacy was 62%.

    They had a second regimen of a half dose and then 4-5 months later a full dose with efficacy of around 90%. Astra Zenaca said that this was wrong and it was flawed.

    Astra Zenaca have then come up with a 3rd regimen with very little data of taking one dose and 12 weeks later taking a second dose. There was next to no trial data on it bus Astra zenaca said they thing it's the best based on some lab based data.

    If we are to approve the vaccine and a dosage regimen we should have some better data. Hopefully the ema have better data now but the above is a summary of what they had last time.

    Yep, we know all this, it was widely reported, it still doesn’t answer your initial response of what’s this got to do with the fact we’re still 4 days away from it being approved!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭Dressoutlet


    Mike3549 wrote: »
    Its not EU who tells that, its AZ

    No, Brussels told Ireland they are not to order doses.


  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    Because they are not taking shortcuts? Or allowing exceptions that wouldn't normally be allowed? Hardly limp-wristed is it?



    UK seem happy enough to bung over a large wad and start injecting it into their citizens without asking too many questions. Seems like the UK basically kinda said "ok, we trust you guys and won't question you."

    Or, back in reality, they amended the approval process and signed off as results were given instead of waiting until the end then start reading through a ton of documentation from the 1st page!


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Yep, we know all this, it was widely reported, it still doesn’t answer your initial response of what’s this got to do with the fact we’re still 4 days away from it being approved!

    Lets see if I can make it simple.

    Data is bad.

    Ema need to take time and do due diligence to study the data in depth.

    Ema wont take shortcuts.

    If anyone wants to complain about the approval not coming through I want them to explain the data and their favoured dosage regimen.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    Lets see if I can make it simple.

    Data is bad.

    Ema need to take time and do due diligence to study the data in depth.

    Ema wont take shortcuts.


    Please don’t talk to me like I’m an idiot! You don’t need to ‘make it simple when you’re changing the subject as you don’t actually have an answer!

    UK didn’t take shortcuts either, or the other countries that have approved it. They amended the approval process to speed things up due to it being a reasonably serious situation.

    But keep making excuses of it helps you feel warm and fuzzy.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    No, Brussels told Ireland they are not to order doses.

    Except that's not what happened at all.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Please don’t talk to me like I’m an idiot! You don’t need to ‘make it simple when you’re changing the subject as you don’t actually have an answer!

    UK didn’t take shortcuts either, or the other countries that have approved it. They amended the approval process to speed things up due to it being a reasonably serious situation.

    But keep making excuses of it helps you feel warm and fuzzy.

    As I said

    If anyone wants to complain about the approval not coming through I want them to explain the data and their favoured dosage regimen.

    Dont just complain. If you want an approval tell me what they should approve.

    What dosage regimen and why.

    Edit: the uk came out and said they didnt know what the efficacy was for their chosen dosage regimen. That's a shortcut.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭Dressoutlet


    Russman wrote: »
    Ireland is the EU and a company can’t release unapproved medicinal products before they’re approved. It’s not the EU just saying we can’t.

    You really want us to go short of vaccines because you have the hump with the EU ?

    The EU jeopardising the health of one country to spite another Warren's a little more than having a 'hump'
    It's a downright dangerous precedent and should be nipped on the bud completely.

    Yes we would be short of vaccines but that would be the fdault of the EU trying to play supreme ruler and not because the company rightfully pulled out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,142 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Tbh I'm pissed off at the EU telling Ireland we can't have a supply ready for when it's approved. They're taking their time and punishing the UK for brexit (not a fan of brexit myself, I support the EU) but risking the rest of our health's for spite. AZ should tell the EU to go fxxk themselves.

    None of this post has any relationship to the reality though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭Dressoutlet


    Amirani wrote: »
    Except that's not what happened at all.

    Can you point me in the direction of what actually happened then???


  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    As I said

    If anyone wants to complain about the approval not coming through I want them to explain the data and their favoured dosage regimen.

    Dont just complain. If you want an approval tell me what they should approve.

    What dosage regimen and why.

    Edit: the uk came out and said they didnt know what the efficacy was for their chosen dosage regimen. That's a shortcut.

    What has a rollout regemin got to do with if it’s safe or not? You’re deflecting again. No answers, no response.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭Dressoutlet


    Hurrache wrote: »
    None of this post has any relationship to the reality though.

    Happy to be shown the reality.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    What has a rollout regemin got to do with if it’s safe or not? You’re deflecting again. No answers, no response.

    They dont approve based on safety or not. They approve a product and the dosage.

    If they approved based on safety alone it would have been approved in September.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,839 ✭✭✭Russman


    The EU jeopardising the health of one country to spite another Warren's a little more than having a 'hump'
    It's a downright dangerous precedent and should be nipped on the bud completely.

    Yes we would be short of vaccines but that would be the fdault of the EU trying to play supreme ruler and not because the company rightfully pulled out.

    How are they spiting another ? I don’t get your point.

    Why would the company be right to pull out ? From what we think we know, they were paid for x amount of doses and can’t deliver. What the customer does with the product is of no concern to AZ in a sense.


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