AstraZeneca admitted in legal documents the side effects of your coronavirus vaccineas reported this Monday by lawyers representing people from the United Kingdom affected by the thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after receiving the dose from that company.
Despite this, the pharmaceutical company maintains its position regarding these “uncommon” side effects.
According to British media reports, AstraZeneca admitted in legal documents the possibility that its Covid-19 vaccine could be associated with a rare side effect.
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These statements emerged in the context of a UK class action lawsuitwhere the vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford, is alleged to have caused serious injuries in some cases.
The company had mentioned the possibility of this adverse effect in a document published in 2021, but now denies having changed its position in court documents.
The lawsuit argues that the vaccine caused serious adverse reactions in some peopledeeply affecting several families.
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This recognition by AstraZeneca could open the way to an agreement compensation of up to $125 million for plaintiffsAs reported The Telegraph.
The laboratory initially rejected these claims, but later accepted them in a legal document filed with the High Court, where it admitted that its formulation “can, in very rare cases, cause TTS“, that is to say, thrombosis syndrome with thrombocytopeniawhich can result in the formation of blood clots and a low platelet count.
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The High Court of the United Kingdom received the submission of 51 cases of people who claim to have experienced these symptoms or their family members.
As described The Telegraphthe company admitted the presence of these rare cases as part of his legal defense against the lawsuit of Jamie Scott, who was the first to file it in 2023 after suffering a irreversible brain injury after being vaccinated in April 2021.
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