Coronavirus update: Questions over Covid-19 vaccine efficacy rates, vaccination challenges before India

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India needs an affordable vaccine that can be manufactured in large quantities and delivered hasslefree, Dr. Kang said. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine update: As the world is inching closer to get the much elusive Coronavirus vaccine, we assess the announcements made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna regarding their Covid-19 vaccine candidates, BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273, respectively. … Read more

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine enters third-stage human trial

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BEIJING: A leading Chinese vaccine maker said it has commenced phase-3 clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine and is planning to recruit 29,000 volunteers across the world. This is China’s first phase-3 efficacy study for a Recombinant subunit COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical, said in a statement on Thursday. Jointly developed by the … Read more

Covid-19 Vaccine: Serum Institute discloses vaccine price; to pitch for emergency use of ‘Covishield’

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Serum Institute of India is seeking the drug regulator’s nod for limited use of the vaccine on frontline workers and elderly. (Representational Image, IE) Covishield’ vaccine, one of India’s top contender in its race to defeat the novel coronavirus is ready with its price points for the general public and the government and are also … Read more

Latest Coronavirus vaccine update: This year Christmas gift could be COVID-19 vaccine

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Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update: Oxford-AstraZeneca said that the late-stage date of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate AZD1222-ChAdOx1nCoV-19 would likely to be announced in November or December. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update: It could be merry Christmas and a happy new year as Pfizer and BioNTech are preparing to start deliveries of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate … Read more

Coronavirus Covaxin vaccine update: India’s first, largest phase 3 human trials of Covid-19 vaccine begin

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Coronavirus vaccine in India: India’s indigenous Coronavirus vaccine Covaxin is being developed by Bharat Biotech along with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV). Coronavirus vaccine in India: The phase 3 human trials of India’s indigenous experimental Coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin is beginning, manufacturer Bharat Biotech has said. … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine update: Which potential Covid-19 vaccine will be easy to store, ship

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Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update, tracker: Notably, both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s experimental vaccines are using a new technology called synthetic messenger Ribonucleic acid (RNA) in order to activate the immune system against the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the Covid-19. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update, tracker: The race to develop … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine update: After Pfizer, Modernica claims that its vaccine is 94.5 % effective in preventing Covid-19

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The latest press release covered about 30,000 participants which included old age and high risk patients. Covid-19 vaccine update: In a positive development in the search for the Coronavirus vaccine, US pharma company Modernica has said that its experimental vaccine is about 94.5 percent effective in preventing Coronavirus infection, news agency Reuters claimed. In a … Read more

COVID-19: UK vaccine chief hopes for positive Oxford and Pfizer data in early December

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LONDON: Britain’s vaccine chief said on Wednesday that she hoped to see positive interim COVID-19 vaccine data from both Oxford and Pfizer and BioNTech in early December allowing a roll out to start this year. “If I put on my rose-tinted specs, I would hope that we will see positive interim data from both Oxford … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine ‘diplomacy’: India to expand cooperation with neighboring countries for Coronavirus vaccine development

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India plans to expand the cooperation with other countries in clinical trials, capacity building for vaccine development, and later in production and delivery. In the wake of the Covid-19 challenge, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar will come together to collaborate on the development of COVID-19 vaccine. This will give a boost to India’s `Neighbourhood First’ and … Read more

Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update: Covaxin aims 60 per cent efficacy rate, US firms eye December roll out

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Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine: Eminent American infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has revealed that the first doses of a “safe and effective” vaccine against Covid-19 is likely to become available to “high-risk Americans” in late December or early January 2020. (Reuters image) Coronavirus Covid-19 vaccine update: With Delhi, Kerala in India, the US, and several … Read more