Conservative MP Bob Seely, an expert in Russian affairs, said: "I think we need to get serious about Russian and Chinese espionage. Whether it is stealing the design for AstraZeneca or blackmailing us over energy by these authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, we need to get wise to them."
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday said that India developed an Intelligent Testing Strategy to remain ‘ahead of the virus’ by developing testing infrastructure that is laboratories and other means of testing. According to ICMR, the country now has a capacity of testing 2 lakh samples per day. “India now has […]
New Delhi: Volunteers have begun participating in Brazil’s first clinical trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. The ChAdOx1 vaccine technology is based on an adenovirus, and it is considered very safe, even in people with a weak immune system. The vaccine being used in the Brazilian trial, on 5,000 volunteers, is similar to the one used […]
London: A Covid-19 vaccine developed by researchers at Oxford University generated an immune response against the disease in Phase-1 trial, The Telegraph reported even as official publication of the results are awaited. The Oxford vaccine candidate is believed to be leading the race among over 100 to find an effective protection against the disease. Oxford […]
London: The Covid-19 vaccine developed by scientists at the Oxford University produces strong immune responses in both parts of the immune system, showed results of the Phase I/II trial published in The Lancet medical journal on Monday. The vaccine provoked a T cell response within 14 days of vaccination — white blood cells that can […]
New Delhi: The central drug regulator has issued a show-cause notice to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for not informing it about pharma giant AstraZeneca pausing the clinical trials of the Oxford vaccine candidate for COVID-19 in other countries and also for not submitting casualty analysis of the “reported serious adverse events”. The show-cause […]
New Delhi: Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr V G Somani has gave permission to Serum Institute of India to resume clinical trial of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country while revoking its earlier order of suspending any new recruitment for phase two and three trial. The DCGI has, however, put certain […]
Canberra: Australia on Monday began the local production of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford, with roughly 30 million doses planned to be manufactured. Despite still undergoing clinical trials, the vaccine, which was co-developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, is considered one of the more promising vaccines globally, reports Xinhua news agency. […]
London: Covid-19 vaccine developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University produced a strong immune response in older adults. The results have raised hopes that it can protect the age groups most at risk from the virus. The study, published in The Lancet medical journal, suggest that those aged over 70, who are at […]
London: In a significant development, the first full results from interim analysis has confirmed that the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has an acceptable safety profile and is efficacious against symptomatic the Coronavirus caused disease, with only three out of 23,745 participants experiencing serious adverse events. Interim results of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials found that the […]
New Delhi: With the UK giving the green light to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and drug maker AstraZeneca, India is also expected to follow suit soon as a meeting of the decision-making body began on Friday, giving new hope of beginning the end of the pandemic as the New Year ushers in. […]
London: The Oxford University and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is set to be used for a mix and match trial with Russia’s Sputnik vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The two sets of experts are to join forces to explore if a combination of the two jabs, both using a benign virus called adenovirus, could prove effective […]
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