Tag: Covid Vaccine

Bhubaneswar: Human clinical trials of the country’s indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine is set to begin this week at a Bhubaneswar-based institute — one of the 12 centres selected by the ICMR for conducting phase one and two of the process, a senior official said. The human trials of BBV152 COVID Vaccine or Covaxin will begin […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik talked to Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute over a video call today to discuss on progress of Covid vaccine. The Chief Minister expressed happiness that Serum Institute has partnered with Oxford University to develop Covid vaccine and sought his cooperation to begin early vaccination in Odisha once necessary […]

New Delhi: Several manufacturers of Remdesivir, that is being used in treatment of COVID-19, said they have ramped up production of the drug to meet its rising demand across the…

New York: US-based Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech have announced the start of a late stage clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine jointly developed by the two companies. The Phase 2/3 study will involve up to 30,000 participants between 18 and 85 years of age, the two companies said on Monday. The vaccine candidate, […]

New York: Pharmaceutical company Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, which is currently in clinical trials, has shown successful results in monkeys. Two doses of an experimental vaccine known as mRNA-1273 induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the Covid-19 in the upper and lower airways of Monkeys exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious […]

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Monday said although a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials, there is no “silver bullet” at the moment, and there might never be for Covid-19. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference that for now, stopping Covid-19 outbreaks come down […]

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) is in close contact with Russia regarding a possible pre-qualification of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, a WHO spokesman said. “We are in close contact with the Russian health authorities and discussions are underway regarding a possible pre-qualification of the vaccine by WHO,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said at […]

New Delhi: As Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) announces it has received permission from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to import Sputnik V vaccine in India…

New Delhi/Moscow: More than 50 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine will be produced in India in a month over the summer in partnership with five Indian companies, Kirill Dmitriev,…

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended a pause in the use of Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine out of an abundance of caution after around 18 people…

New Delhi: IIT Alumni Council has announced formal disbanding of the Covid vaccine initiative that was part of the six-month C19 Task Force. The vaccine team concluded that none of the available approaches and claims were adequately backed by disclosed scientific data, patient research and clinical studies. In addition to getting the vaccine paradigm right, […]

New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India (SII), which was conducting the India trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University, on Thursday paused the clinical trials of the vaccine in India. In a statement, the Serum Institute of India said: “We are reviewing the situation and pausing India trials till AstraZeneca restarts […]

New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Monday said that nearly 30 lakh doses of vaccine were given on Day 1 of the “Tika Utsav” which has pushed the cumulative coverage…

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in India is likely to remain between 50 to 100 per cent, however, they are trying for 100 per cent efficiency. “We are aiming for 100 per cent efficacy but may land between 50 to 100 per cent. […]

New York: A team of Indian-origin researchers in the US is working to develop a unique Covid-19 vaccine that uses a bovine adenovirus that will protect all segments of the population, especially older adults. Bovine Adenovirus, also known as BAdV, is a member of the Adenoviridae family that causes disease in cattle. “Adenoviral vectors have […]