Insurers Remain Unfazed by Risks of Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine October 12, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain, Carolyn Cohn and Ludwig Burger The world is racing towards a vaccine in record time, stirring public concerns about safety to the extent that nine...
EU Strikes Low-Cost Deal With AstraZeneca to Pay COVID-19 Vaccine Claims September 28, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio European governments will pay claims above an agreed limit against AstraZeneca over side-effects from its potential COVID-19 vaccine, under different...
Limited Liability Protection for Drugmakers Hampers EU Coronavirus Vaccine Deals August 26, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio The European Union is offering only partial protection to vaccine makers against legal risks from side-effects of their potential COVID-19...
Lawyers Urge Use of ‘Vaccine Court’ Over U.S. Injury Compensation Fund for Coronavirus August 24, 2020 By Tom Hals A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out...
AstraZeneca Gets Protection from Future Product Liability Claims for COVID Vaccine August 3, 2020 By Ludwig Burger and Pushkala Aripaka AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID-19 vaccine hopeful by most of the...