Secondly, the FDA has yet to greenlight any of these treatments. What’s more, some early trials of mRNA therapies have suffered major stumbling blocks on the road to market approval. In January, CureVac reported disappointing results in a clinical trial of its new mRNA-based drug for prostate cancer. The company’s CV9014 drug did … Read more
The company will supply the vaccines at $3 per dose for low and lower-middle income countries. Serum Institute of India (SII) has entered into a deal to supply 11 billion doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford and Novavax Covid-19 vaccines to the COVAX Facility, but the company would be able to start supplies only after it gets … Read more
Nature: “The lightning-fast quest for COVID vaccines — and what it means for other diseases.” CDC: “COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States,” “Vaccine Rollout Recommendations.” Muriel Jean-Jacques, MD, associate vice chair for diversity, equity, and inclusion and assistant professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. WBAL-TV: “’Vaccine Hunters’ assist older adults, Latino … Read more
Orthodox Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, Ohev Sholom synagogue, Washington, DC. Imam Ammar Amonette, Islamic Center, Richmond, VA. Mimi Kiser, senior program director, Interfaith Health Program, and assistant professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta. Forward.com: “On TikTok, on the pulpit and in legal rulings, rabbis tell congregants: get vaccinated.” ABC Action News: “Abington pastor … Read more
It will be ensured that domestic manufacturers will have adequate stocks to meet domestic requirements while supplying abroad. India will start the supply of Covid-19 vaccines under grant assistance to neighbouring countries — Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles — from 20 January 2021. In respect of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius, confirmation of … Read more
India is kicking off the vaccine drive on January 16 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the beginning of what is said to the largest vaccination drive. A day before the Coronavirus vaccination drive is set to begin, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that almost 80 per cent of Indians are … Read more
Julie Parsonnet, MD, professor of epidemiology and population health, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, professor of epidemiology and director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Paul Meyer, CEO, Commons Project Foundation, New York City. Perry Flint, spokesperson, International Air Transport Association. Schengen Visa Info News: … Read more
Later in the day, the government is also expected to approve the emergency use of indegenous vaccine produced by Bharat Biotech-ICMR. Image: ANI In order to ensure that whenever vaccination is out for people, the process is smooth, a second dry run for vaccination programme was conducted on Saturday. Many states participated in it and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Overseas investors remained net buyers to the tune of Rs 17,818 crore in Indian markets in first four trading sessions of December amidst better than expected economic recovery around the world and positive sentiment on the back of various vaccine results. As per depositories data, foreign portfolio investors (FPI) pumped in a net … Read more
In an interview to Financial Times, Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine producer, has said it will take till the end of 2024 for everyone in the world to be inoculated. Health minister Harsh Vardhan has spoken of how India is likely to get a vaccine for Covid-19 by the … Read more