Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Monday said he is appealing to multilateral organisations and world leaders to come up with a draft about learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen health systems globally. The learnings from the global pandemic would help in addressing inequity in the health systems that are prevalent … Read more
A day after slashing the price of the precaution dose of Covishield to Rs 225 per shot for private hospitals, the Serum Institute of India (SII) told the Centre on Sunday that it will compensate for the price difference for the unexpired stocks lying with private centres in the form of free vials of fresh … Read more
Unvaccinated people account for 92 per cent of COVID-19 deaths since January this year, the government said. Covid-19 is on its retreat march in India, at least apparently. Even when health experts are concerned about a fourth wave due in June, the steep decline in cases are driving state authorities to relax pandemic induced restrictions. … Read more
Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at the SII, Prakash Kumar Singh had put in an application to the DCGI on January 6 stating the Pune-based firm, in collaboration with Novavax Inc, is working on the development of a vaccine against omicron, an official source said, adding that the SII has obtained permission and licence to … Read more
Serum Institute of India (SII), on October 25, had applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking regular market authorization for the vaccine. Over 100 crore Covishield doses have been given in India and abroad which is a testimony of its safety and efficacy, Serum Institute has informed the DCGI which had sought … Read more
rime Minister Narendra Modi announced vaccination for children belonging to the age group between 15 to 17 years from January 03 on the occasion of Christmas As the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced vaccination for children belonging to the age group between 15 to 17 years, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Covid-19 vaccine got the Drug Controller … Read more
Serum Institute of India has sent doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, in its first export of the Novavax shot through the COVAX network, the Indian government said on Wednesday. The world’s biggest vaccine maker exported 137,500 doses of Covovax, as it calls the shot, to the Southeast Asian country last week. Indonesia has approved … Read more
New flu vaccines are developed twice a year as flu viruses undergo changes rapidly Seasonal flu has been one of the recurring diseases to have affected people across all sections and age group. Popularly known as Influenza is a respiratory viral infection that can lead to complications like pneumonia and hospitalization as in Covid-19. Influenza … Read more
Covaxin phase 2/3 studies have been completed for 2 to 17 years age group population and immunogenicity and safety data have been submitted to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for further approvals. Even as India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 75.89 Crore, Covid-19 vaccination of children with comorbidities in the 12 to 17 … Read more
India has been reporting around 30,000 new Covid-19 cases for the past few weeks Coronavirus Case and Fatality Rate in India, Coronavirus Third Wave Today August 22 Live Updates: The fear of a third wave of coronavirus is looming in the country, especially with states like Kerala reporting a high number of cases. However, in … Read more