To launch the campaign, AstraZeneca released an empowering public service announcement (PSA) starring Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges, who recently very publicly discussed the fight of his life, first with lymphoma and then COVID-19, which he was exposed to in the time frame when he was receiving chemotherapy ...

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) synthesised in the laboratory aim to mimic natural antibodies which are produced by the body to selectively and specifically target pathogenic proteins or antigens in response to infection and neutralise them.

But in between all that, in Jan. 2021, while undergoing chemo, he contracted Covid. “I had no immune system to fight it,” Bridges said. “Chemo had wiped that out, which made it really, really tough.” Bridges added that he struggled to walk and breathe and ultimately spent five weeks in the hospital.

Actor Jeff Bridges reflects on his personal experience of COVID-19 and chemotherapy in a heartfelt new campaign from AstraZeneca, highlighting the experience of the immunocompromised as we come out of the pandemic.

AstraZeneca partners with major celebs Jeff Bridges, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon to tell immunocompromised community's story.

COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca received a conditional marketing authorisation valid throughout the EU on 29 January 2021. The name of the vaccine was changed to Vaxzevria on 25 March 2021.

AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford also have a vector COVID-19 vaccine. Protein subunit vaccine. Subunit vaccines include only the parts of a virus that best stimulate your immune system. This type of COVID-19 vaccine contains harmless S proteins.

AstraZeneca's Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab, formerly AZD7442), a long-acting antibody combination, has been approved in Japan for both prevention (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and treatment of symptomatic disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Why are some people more likely to get Long COVID?

• People who have experienced severe COVID-19 illness, especially those who were hospitalized or needed intensive care.
• People who have underlying health conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, autoimmune diseases, or obesity.
• People who did not get a COVID-19 vaccine.

In the 30-second ad, Charlie Puth, a 31-year-old singer with 21 million TikTok followers, steps out of a car wearing sunglasses, at night, and walks into a music venue flanked by a security guard.

While the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is no longer being offered in the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) still monitors potential side effects from this vaccine. The vast majority of side effects that have been reported for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine are mild and short-term.