A booster shot or an additional Covid-19 vaccine: Which one is better for you? Find out

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Booster shot is given to increase the magnitude of protection in the body by producing more antibodies The Omnicron variant of covid-19 is spreading fast. In India, several states have stepped up vaccination, surveillance and containment measures as the country detected 21 Omicron cases. On Monday, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Aviation Minister, India directed Delhi airport operator … Read more

Covid-19: DCGI gives nod to phase 2/3 trials of India’s first mRNA vaccine

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The vaccine development was funded by the DBT and the Centre’s Ind CEPI in June 2020 The Director Controller General of India (DCGI) has found the nation’s first mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, to be safe and approved it for phase 2/3 trials. The Pune-based biotechnology submitted interim clinical data from the Phase … Read more

Breakthrough medical discoveries on sequencing of virus done in form of mRNA vaccine;  Kris Gopalakrishnan

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DNA sequencing has given good insights about understanding virus and its mutants. “We are living in an explosive era of medical discoveries where sequencing of virus has been done in the form of breakthrough technology called as mRNA vaccine development which was done within weeks of the Covid virus outbreak to develop the required immune … Read more

Trials of India’s first mRNA Covid vaccine by Gennova on track

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Gennova started Phase-I trials last month and has covered 120 volunteers. Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, which is working on India’s first mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, is in the midst of Phase-I trials of its Covid-19 vaccine (HGC019). Vikas Thapar, president – corporate development & strategy, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, said the Phase-I trials will be completed in the next 45-60 … Read more

Pune-based Gennova to start phase I human trials with 120 volunteers in two hospitals

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Gennova Biopharmaceutical’s vaccine candidate is the first mRNA-based vaccine to be produced in India. (Representative Image, IE) After Covaxin and Covishield, now Pune-based drugmaker firm, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is all set to start early to mid-stage human trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, HGCO19. The trials will start ‘’soon’’ and around 620 people will be enrolled for … Read more