Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin Phase 3 Trial: No adverse effects after the first dose, says Gujarat hospital official

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Five volunteers have enrolled for the Covaxin phase 3 trials and were vaccinated first dose on Thursday. (File Photo) Coronavirus vaccine Covaxin update: Volunteers who have been administered dosage of Covaxin vaccine has not yet complained of any health issue or symptoms, said an official of a Gujarat-based hospital, which is conducting Phase 3 trial … Read more

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin caused hospitalisation during early trials due to ‘adverse reaction’

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Covaxin is conducting Phase III vaccine trails in India (File photo) India is waiting anxiously for Covaxin, the indigenously made Covid-19 vaccine, which started with its third phase trials in Odisha. As the Centre prepares for a mega drive, the vaccine maker recently reported to the Drug Controller General of India about a participant developing … Read more

When will Indian Covid-19 vaccine arrive? Health minister says wait to be over in a couple of months

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Indigenous Coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin, jointly developed by Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), last week entered the third phase of the Human trial. Coronavirus vaccine update: Even as coronavirus cases in some parts of the country have been witnessing a sudden spike in the past few weeks, here’s a piece … Read more

COVID-19: Will life go back to normal once the vaccine comes? Here’s what expert says

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After vaccines hit the market, people will still need to be careful in the same manner they are right now. While the Coronavirus outbreak globally is almost nearing a year, all eyes are set on the development and mass production of vaccines. Post vaccination, the fear of rapid COVID-19 transmission may go away; however, that … Read more

Covaxin: Bharat Biotech granted permission to start Phase III trials for Covid-19 vaccine

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Bharat Biotech has been granted permission to start the Phase III trials of Covaxin – India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine candidate. [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of Covaxin (Picture Courtesy: Twitter @airnewsalerts) The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) on Thursday allowed Bharat Biotech International Limited to conduct the Phase III trials of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate … Read more

COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin update: Bharat Biotech gets DCGI clearance for phase II trials

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Covaxin is considered as the country’s most promising one and is a frontrunner among COVID-19 vaccines. Moving ahead with the testing of vaccines for the novel Coronavirus, Bharat Biotech will start the second phase of human clinical trials of its indigenously developed Covaxin in the coming week. It has received clearance from the regulator body—Drugs … Read more

Coronavirus Vaccine: Covishield to be available in 73 days? Here’s what Serum Institute said

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Covishield will only be commercialized after the trials that are being conducted right now are successful and all the required approvals for regulation have been given. Coronavirus vaccine: Serum Institute of India (SII), world’s largest vaccine manufacturer has taken out a statement denying the current claims of Covisheild’s availability in the next 73 days. According … Read more

Bharat Biotech-ICMR developed Covaxin is safe, show preliminary phase I results

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NEW DELHI: Preliminary results of phase 1 clinical trials of the Bharat Biotech-ICMR developed Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, suggest that the vaccine is safe, principal investigators conducting the trials told ET. The vaccine is being tested on 375 volunteers who have enrolled at 12 sites in India. Two doses of the vaccine are being administered to … Read more