As many as 13 companies in the country will now manufacture Molnupiravir and it will be used for treatment of adult Covid-19 patients and those who have high risk of progression of the disease. The Central drug authority has granted approval to Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine Covovax, Biological E’s jab Corbevax and anti-Covid … Read more
In the last 24 hours, 3,480 new COVID-19 cases were reported, taking the national tally to 1,201,367. (File) In a significant development strengthening the fight against Coronavirus pandemic, US pharma majors Pfizer Inc and Merck & Co Inc have developed antiviral pills against Coronavirus which have shown promising results during their preliminary trials. The efficacy … Read more
The simple storage requirement of the Valneva vaccine could come to use extensively in low-income and poor countries which often lack expensive and state of the art logistics chains. Even as a substantial population of the world has been vaccinated against Coronavirus, pharma companies and scientists are developing newer vaccines and the latest entrant is … Read more
The researchers also said that individuals residing in deprived areas were more at risk of contracting the disease post vaccination. A recent research conducted by the King’s College London has found that the risk of contracting long Covid-19 is reduced by almost 50 percent if the individual has been administered with two doses of vaccine. … Read more
The researchers compared the antibody response among the health workers before they were administered with the vaccine, after their first dose and subsequently after their second dose. With an increase in the number of people vaccinated, scientists and health experts are debating if and when the third booster dose should be administered to keep the … Read more
This plant would make an additional six million units of the Covaxin. Indian Immunologicals (IIL), a public sector enterprise, will start manufacturing and supplying Covid-19 vaccines by the end of August or early September from its facility in Hyderabad. This would augment production of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine in the country. V K Paul, member, … Read more
It also said that the calf serum is particularly beneficial in order to facilitate growth of a difficult to grow disease-causing virus or micro-organisms. In the wake of information circulating on the internet about the possible use of newborn calf in Covaxin, the central government has clarified that Covaxin vaccine does not contain the serum … Read more
The Centre maintained that states weren’t left to fend for themselves as the Union government was negotiating the vaccine price that has been fixed for every state. Sticking to its critical view of the Centre’s vaccination policy, the Supreme Court on Monday called for more inclusive approach to cater to the rural areas. Questioning the … Read more
This has cleared the way for companies such as Pfizer and Moderna to participate in the tendering. The Uttar Pradesh government has revised its bid document inviting global tenders for the supply of 4 crore vaccines to accelerate the Covid vaccination drive in the state and broaden the response from suppliers for its global tender … Read more
In a video statement, Minority Affairs Minister Malik claimed technical glitches in use of the Centres CoWIN app, the digital backbone of the nationwide vaccination drive, leading to difficulties in people registering themselves for getting jabs. As the new cases of Coronavirus have suddenly increased in the country in the last few months, the queries … Read more