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Dr Ranj Singh 'fails to tell BBC bosses about £22,500 AstraZeneca advert before jabs feature' on Morning Live


BBC Morning Live's Dr Ranj Singh has found himself caught up in a damaging row with the BBC over his financial links to pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

However, Dr Ranj, 44, failed to disclose this information to BBC executives when he led a feature on the safety of the AstraZenexa vaccine on Morning Live earlier this month. In February, the pharmaceutical titan admitted in documents lodged with the High Court that it 'can, in very rare cases, cause thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS)' (when you have a low blood platelet count). Presenter Gethin Jones said: 'Ranj worked with the company on an educational children's flu campaign along with a number of other medics, something he has spoken about and been clear about on his social media.

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