Coronavirus vaccine: How efficient a Covid-19 vaccine has to be to get approval in India

Coronavirus vaccine: How efficient a Covid-19 vaccine has to be to get approval in India

Coronavirus Vaccine update: The CDSCO has released a new set of guidelines for Coronavirus vaccines on Monday. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Vaccine update: An experimental Covid-19 vaccine candidate needs to show at least 50 per cent efficacy during the human trials to get approval in India. India’s national regulatory body for pharmaceuticals and medical devices, Central … Read more

Coronavirus Vaccine update: When will we have one for children?

Coronavirus Vaccine update: When will we have one for children?

Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine news, update: Now, Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech has been mulling to start a human trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine candidate with children and adolescents by September-end. (Reuters image) Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine news, update: Researchers around the world are racing against the time to develop a Coronavirus vaccine that would be … Read more

Coronavirus Vaccine update: Russia claims 1.2 billion doses booked, Check India’s stand so far

Coronavirus Vaccine update: Russia claims 1.2 billion doses booked, Check India’s stand so far

Coronavirus vaccine news, update: Last week Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Balram Bhargava told media, “Russia has been manufacturing vaccines for many years. (Reuters image) Coronavirus vaccine news, update: Around 10 Asian, South American, and Middle-East countries have inked separate agreements with Russia to gain access to the Sputnik-V vaccine candidate, Indian … Read more

Coronavirus update: Face masks may offer better protection than COVID-19 vaccine, says top US official

Coronavirus update: Face masks may offer better protection than COVID-19 vaccine, says top US official

Meanwhile, Redfield has claimed that a Coronavirus vaccine in the US is unlikely to become widely available until the “late second quarter, or third quarter” of next year. (Reuters image) Coronavirus update: Face masks offer better protection than the Coronavirus vaccine against the deadly virus, said Director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more

Coronavirus updates Live: Hospitals in several cities run out of space as cases race towards 50-lakh mark

Coronavirus updates Live: Hospitals in several cities run out of space as cases race towards 50-lakh mark

Coronavirus India Update, COVID19 tracker: Around the world, India ranks second in the number of global cases chart. (Reuters image) Coronavirus India updates COVID19 tracker: India’s Coronavirus cases tally has crossed the 49-lakh mark with 83,809 new cases and 1,054 deaths in last 24 hours. The total COVID-19 case tally on September 15 stood at 49,30,237. … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech could be available by end of 2020, claims top official

Coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech could be available by end of 2020, claims top official

Coronavirus Vaccine latest: Pfizer-BioNTech’s BNT162mRNA vaccine is an mRNA vaccine. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Vaccine latest: The Coronavirus vaccine could be available in the US before the end of this year, claimed American pharmaceutical company Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. Bourla, however, said the availability of the COVID19 vaccine before 2020 would depend upon the safety data and … Read more

Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus Vaccine trials halted: Here is what happened to the volunteer

Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus Vaccine trials halted: Here is what happened to the volunteer

Coronavirus vaccine latest update: Back in July this year, Oxford-AstraZeneca’s study had to be stopped for several days after a participant who got the vaccine developed neurological symptoms.  (Reuters image) Coronavirus vaccine latest update: Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID19 vaccine candidate is considered as the front runner in the race to develop the elusive panacea against prevalent SARS-CoV-2. However, … Read more

Coronavirus Vaccine: This is the right time to prepare for transportation of COVID-19 vaccine!

Coronavirus Vaccine: This is the right time to prepare for transportation of COVID-19 vaccine!

Coronavirus vaccine update: Air cargo plays a key role in the distribution of vaccines in normal times through well-established global time- and temperature-sensitive distribution systems.  (Reuters image) Coronavirus vaccine update: As researchers are facing a daunting task of developing a Coronavirus vaccine in a war footing manner, the logistical challenge of distribution of vaccine when it … Read more

Coronavirus Vaccine: Will COVID-19 Vaccine be available by mid-2021? Factors that hold the key

Coronavirus Vaccine: Will COVID-19 Vaccine be available by mid-2021? Factors that hold the key

Coronavirus Vaccine: However, apart from Oxford-AstraZenca’s temporary halt, another important event has happened. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Vaccine Latest Update: After the Phase 3 human trial of Oxford-AstraZenca’s Coronavirus vaccine was halted, apprehensions have bee raised whether this could delay efforts to expedite an immunization against COVID-19. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had earlier said that the … Read more

Coronavirus Vaccine update: Russia’s Sputnik V to be manufactured in India soon? Check details

Coronavirus Vaccine update: Russia’s Sputnik V to be manufactured in India soon? Check details

Coronavirus Vaccine in India latest update: Russia has so far termed ‘Sputnik V’ as the “first registered vaccine against COVID-19”.  (Reuters image) Coronavirus Vaccine in India latest update: Russia has approached the Government of India and sought help for Phase 3 human trials and manufacture of its Coronavirus vaccine ‘Sputnik V’. Moscow wants the phase 3 … Read more