AstraZeneca pulls COVID-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca is pulling its COVID-19 vaccine due to declining demand.

The European Medicines Agency announced the vaccine, called Vaxzevria, has had its marketing authorization withdrawn. That means it can no longer be sold in the European Union.

“As multiple, variant COVID-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of available updated vaccines,” AstraZeneca officials told Quartz. “This has led to a decline in demand for Vaxzevria, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied."

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