On a global scale, the pre-clinical and clinical trials for as many as 193 candidates are underway. Coronavirus vaccine: India hoping to vaccinate 20 crore to 25 crore citizens by July next year! Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan, during the fourth edition of his Sunday Samvaad, said that India was … Read more
The study was published in PNAS journal. Coronavirus research: Assessment of the genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 in over 27,000 people infected with COVID-19 has led scientists to finding that the novel coronavirus has undergone minimal mutation since the outbreak first began in China at the end of 2019. This is a significant assessment, as it … Read more
The US trials are likely to include around 30,000 participants. Coronavirus vaccine: The vaccine candidate developed by the Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has entered the phase 3 human clinical trials in the US. The phase 3 trials for the candidate are already underway in numerous countries like India, South Africa, England, and Brazil, … Read more
The vaccine is still in trials in India with the hope that it will be able to roll out sometime next year. In the race to find a cure for the coronavirus infection, Texas-based Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has entered into a licensing agreement with Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E Limited (BE) for the … Read more