Covishield vaccine safe and immunogenic, incident with Chennai volunteer unrelated to vaccine, says Serum Institute

Covishield vaccine safe and immunogenic, incident with Chennai volunteer unrelated to vaccine, says Serum Institute

The volunteer had also sought the compensation worth Rs 5 crore from the vaccine manufacturer and requested the authorities to stop the clinical trials of the vaccine. World’s largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India has said that the Coronavirus vaccine candidates developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is 100 percent safe and … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine update: What is Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine error? All you need to know

Coronavirus vaccine update: What is Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine error? All you need to know

AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about the efficacy rate of the vaccine rate with some experts claiming it could be impediments to its chances of obtaining an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US and the EU regulatory bodies. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine: The month of November has been a fruitful one in terms … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine update: Leading vaccine developers to release joint statement discarding hurried, premature approvals

Covid-19 vaccine update: Leading vaccine developers to release joint statement discarding hurried, premature approvals

However, drugmaker Pfizer, which is reported to be at the forefront of releasing the joint statement, has itself been excited to release the vaccine at an early date. Even as governments in different countries are willing to ease the regulatory guidelines for approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to speed up a public launch, … Read more