Tag: Sputnik V

Hyderabad: The first batch of Russian vaccine for Covid-19, Sputnik V, arrived in Hyderabad on Saturday. A special cargo flight carrying the first consignment landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.…

New Delhi: Amid the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, the country will start receiving consignments of Russian Sputnik V vaccine doses from May 1 onwards. India is…

New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday broke its silence over the pricing of its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ and said that it is the most affordable vaccine…

Moscow: The Covid-19 vaccine that Russia registered on Tuesday is expected to enter into civilian circulation on January 1, 2021, the media reported, citing the registration certificate. Russia named the new COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ in reference to Cold War space race, reported Reuters. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that teachers and medical workers […]

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,…

Moscow: A top respiratory doctor quit the Russian health ministry’s ethics council after the country decided to go ahead with the registration of a Covid-19 vaccine even before conducting a crucial Phase 3 trial, MailOnline reported. It appears that Professor Alexander Chuchalin wanted to block the registration of the vaccine on “safety” grounds, before quitting […]

Moscow: The third stage of the research on the world’s first registered vaccine against the novel coronavirus, called Sputnik V, may begin in 7-10 days, a report has said. According to the Tass news agency, several tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in this research of the vaccine created by the […]

New Delhi: The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has said more than 850 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine are going to be produced annually in India, which has…

New Delhi: The Centre said on Tuesday that India and Russia are in communication regarding the Sputnik V vaccine. While some initial information has been shared, detailed information is being awaited by India. Sputnik V, an adenovirus vector-based vaccine, was developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology along with Russian Direct […]

London: A Russian Covid-19 vaccine has shown no serious side effects and elicited an immune response in early human trials, said a study published in The Lancet on Friday. Russia last month registered the “Sputnik V”, becoming the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine. However, the country faced criticism for approving a vaccine before […]

New Delhi: The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India, have agreed to cooperate on clinical trials and distribution of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in India, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund revealed in a statement on Wednesday. Sputnik V, an adenovirus vector-based vaccine, was developed by the […]

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that the country has registered the second Covid-19 vaccine, according to media reports. Russia became the first country to give regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine in August when Sputnik V was officially registered ahead of large-scale clinical trial, drawing criticism from some quarters in the scientific […]

New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted approval to Dr Reddy’s, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India, to conduct phase 2 and 3 clinical human trials of the Sputnik V, a Covid-19 vaccine made by Russia. On September 16, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited […]

New Delhi: The Russian Direct Investment Fund, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has submitted applications to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for accelerated registration and prequalification of Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against the coronavirus. Russia has become one of the first countries to apply to WHO for prequalification of its vaccine against […]