The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed the second phase of clinical trials for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The civic body will soon begin testing for the third phase after the first group of volunteers completes 28 days from their first vaccination. 200 healthy volunteers participated in the second phase …
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AstraZeneca Plc, the UK drug maker developing a Covid-19 vaccine with the University of Oxford, received clearance from US regulators to restart a trial that was halted in the country for more than a month over concerns about a volunteer. who got sick. The US Food and Drug Administration authorized …
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The Serum Institute of India (SII) is preparing 1 billion doses of five different vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) worldwide before the end of 2021-22, according to a report. Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the world’s largest vaccine maker by volume, said his company plans to launch at least one …
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PATNA: A major dispute broke out on Thursday over “vaccine policy” with BJP’s Bihar poll manifesto promising free Covid-19 vaccines and opposition parties criticized the announcement as “politicizing the pandemic” while asking if India’s vaccination strategy would be boosted by its states’ timed elections. Unveiling BJP’s ‘free vaccine for all’ …
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SAO PAULO / FRANFURT: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford had passed away, but added that the trial would continue. Oxford confirmed the plan to continue testing, saying in a …
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In this illustration, taken on September 9, 2020, a test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of the AstraZeneca logo. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration The Federal University of Sao Paulo, which is helping coordinate phase 3 clinical trials in Brazil, said separately that the volunteer …
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The person who died had not received the vaccine. (Bloomberg) A participant who died during a trial of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil had not received the injection from the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person asked not to be identified because the information …
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London: One of the UK’s top medical chiefs has indicated that a COVID-19 vaccine could be ready to roll out early in the New Year, according to a media report on Sunday. Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer and one of the government’s advisers on the coronavirus pandemic, reportedly …
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Johnson & Johnson said Monday night that it would stop its trial to investigate an illness, which it did not specify, in a study participant. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca Plc’s US trial of the vaccine it is developing with the University of Oxford has been halted by regulators for more than a …
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In Spain, bars and restaurants will close throughout the northeast region of Catalonia for the next 15 days, as the country faces one of the highest infection rates in the European Union, with almost 900,000 cases and more than 33,000 deaths. The measures also went into effect in the Netherlands, …
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