On Tuesday, British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca, a prominent manufacturer of Covid-19 vaccine, that was administered to millions of people around the world, specifically most in India, admitted for the first time in court documents that its Covid-19 vaccine, sold globally under the brand names Covishield and Vaxzevria, among others, may lead to a rare, deadly side effect: Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS).
What is the new controversy
In court documents submitted to a UK court in February, the AstraZeneca company stated that TTS can occur in very rare cases.
"It is admitted that the AZ vaccine can, in very rare cases, cause TTS. The causal mechanism is not known," it said in the However, papers, it also said that even if there is no vaccination, TTS can happen, adding that expert testimony will be required to determine causation in every individual case.
The Cambridge-headquartered company now faces a class-action lawsuit, which claims that its vaccine caused serious injuries and fatalities.
What is TTS
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