Indore: A senior official of AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Co Ltd (AAICLAS) on Wednesday said the work to deliver two crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 41 destinations across the country from Pune by January 8 is underway. On the sidelines of a programme here, AAICLAS Chief Operating Officer K Selvakumar told reporters … Read more
Mumbai | New Delhi: The government is yet to firm up its view on providing indemnity to Covid-19 vaccine makers against claims and lawsuits for damages in case of side effects. “During the usual vaccination drive, it is the responsibility of the company to provide protection in case of any untoward incident. While we are … Read more
NEW YORK: Global leaders have lauded India’s leadership in scientific innovation and decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country gets set to begin the world’s largest vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus. The Drug Controller General of India on Sunday approved the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute and … Read more
Ella countered this saying that as per the clearance Bharat Biotech would monitor each person getting the vaccine — as they would in a clinical trial. Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, has already been administered to 6,000 volunteers during its Phase 3 trial, the company’s founder and chairman, Dr Krishna Ella, said on Monday. The … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the scientists and technicians for the two ‘Made in India’ Covid-19 vaccines approved by the government a day earlier. Meanwhile, the centre continued to lash out at the opposition for raising doubts over the vaccine developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech. “The new year has brought with … Read more
COVID vaccine: To other question on the amount of stock of vaccines already made and ready, he said, the company has a stockpile of 20 million doses and has plans to ramp up production to 700 million doses from four plants so supply should not be a problem. (Representational photo/Reuters/File Photo) At 5 pm on … Read more
Bharat Biotech coronavirus vaccine Covaxin update: A medic fills a syringe with COVAXIN, COVID-19 vaccine, before administering it to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society in Ahmedabad. (Reuters/File Photo) Bharat Biotech Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin update: Bharat Biotech’s chairman Krishna Ella hit out at critics on Monday saying … Read more
Terming the vaccination of about 70 lakh health workers as the first wave of the first phase of vaccination drive, Dr Paul said that it would be easier to vaccinate health workers as they are already present at the healthcare facilities. After the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) approved the emergency use of two … Read more
On Thursday, Drugs Controller General Dr VG Somani made a statement in an event that this new year will be happy “with something in hand and that’s what I can hint at.” With the beginning of new year 2021 in India, health experts are likely to conduct a meeting today and applications for the emergency … Read more
Bharat Biotech is the third pharmaceutical firm to apply for emergency use authorisation. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has said that the media report about the rejection of Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute’s emergency use authorisation of vaccine is fake. The statement was issued shortly after a couple of media outlets claimed that … Read more