Prognosis
World’s Largest Vaccine Maker Denies Trial Volunteer’s Illness Claims
- Company says volunteer’s symptoms unconnected to vaccine
- Local developer Bharat had adverse event in trial: reports
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The Serum Institute of India Ltd. denied allegations that a Covid-19 trial volunteer in India suffered serious side effects from a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and Oxford University, and said it would take legal action over the claims.
Serum, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, is conducting trials of AstraZeneca’s shot locally as part of a manufacturing agreement. It’s being sued by a volunteer in the southern Indian city of Chennai, who said he suffered from serious neurological and psychological symptoms after taking the experimental shot, according to news reports.