AstraZeneca sued by pension fund over alleged Covid vaccine testing flaws

The retirement plan accused the organization and its executives of “wrongful acts and omissions” and sought authorization to sue on behalf of all traders who shed out as a outcome of the share price tag tumble. 

Pascal Soriot, Astra’s chief govt, advised Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Tuesday that the company’s companions at Oxford University had “said it was not moral to vaccinate previous people till they had sufficient security details in youthful people”.

“Other firms took this hazard, went in advance and vaccinated older people faster or earlier,” he reported. 

“But we have robust details exhibiting very robust antibody output towards the virus in the elderly, very similar to what we see in youthful people,” he included.

AstraZeneca was contacted for remark about the lawsuit.