Experts said the phase-3 clinical trial meant the vaccine would now be administered on thousands of people for testing its efficacy and safety. (Representational) Bangladesh on Thursday gave approval for the final stage human trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese company, as the country reported 45 new deaths and over 2,400 … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a plea challenging the Madras High Court decision to stay a single Judge order, which had restrained Patanjali Ayurved Ltd from using the trademark ‘Coronil‘. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said if we prevent the use of word “Coronil” during the pandemic … Read more
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on August 3 had given a green signal to SII to conduct phase II and III human clinical trials of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Coronavirus vaccine in India: As per the agreement signed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), the second phase of human clinical trials for … Read more
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
The portal would be made operational in phases. The apex health research body, ICMR, is in the process of developing a vaccine portal which will provide information related to the COVID-19 vaccine development in India and abroad, with majority of the updates in several regional languages in addition to English. The aim of creating the portal … Read more
Several companies, including Moderna, AstraZeneca , and Pfizer Inc, say they each expect to make more than 1 billion doses of a vaccine next year. Russia is looking for a partnership with India for producing COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir … Read more
By Heesu Lee In May, when a coronavirus outbreak hit nightclubs in the South Korean capital of Seoul, health officials quickly unleashed their version of the Navy Seals — elite teams of epidemiologists, database specialists and laboratory technicians. An old-school, shoe-leather investigation showed the virus had jumped from a night-club visitor, to a student, to … Read more
Our US partners are also very keen to start a trial of the psoriasis drug on severe Covid-19 patients in the US, says Chairperson & MD, Biocon. Last weekend you had a news flow which you shared with your shareholders and more importantly with all the consumers that there is a drug which was used … Read more