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As Covid-19 vaccines begin to receive emergency approvals, the race begins to distribute the one product billions of people around the world will want. That is creating investment opportunities as traders examine the companies involved in the global launch. With multiple types of vaccines, supply chains involve hundreds of companies, …

NEW DELHI: Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine may be available in the country from the first half of next year, AstraZeneca Country President Gagandeep Singh said on Saturday. Speaking at the 93rd annual FICCI chamber of industry convention, he said that in the current pandemic, the vaccine must be available widely, equitably …

India will deploy its vast electoral machinery to administer 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinates the most vulnerable people in the next six to eight months through conventional cold chain systems, the expert leading the initiative said on Friday. The government has lined up cold storage facilities with temperatures between …

Russia has claimed that Sputnik V is 92% effective in protecting people from COVID-19 (Representative) Britain’s AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with the Russian candidate Sputnik V vaccine, a move that Russian scientists have suggested could dramatically boost efficacy. Sputnik V developers suggested …

Vaccines can sometimes cause allergic reactions, but they are usually rare and short-lived. British regulators are investigating reports of allergic reactions in two people who received the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, the first day of a vaccination program. Meanwhile, they are telling people to skip the vaccine if …

LONDON: AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have more work to do to confirm whether its Covid-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, peer-reviewed data published in The Lancet on Tuesday showed, which could slow its eventual deployment in the fight against the pandemic. Once seen as the pioneer in the …

BENGALURU: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest producer of vaccines by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the country’s central government and is likely to set prices at 250 rupees ($ 3.39) per dose of the vaccine, Business Standard reported Tuesday: citing people familiar with …

The results are the “first full peer-reviewed efficacy results,” Lancet said. (Archive) Paris: Oxford University and AstraZeneca became the first Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to publish the results of end-stage clinical trials in a scientific journal on Tuesday, clearing a key hurdle in the global race to produce safe and effective …

BENGALURU: Serum Institute of India, the largest in the world vaccine producer by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the country. central government and it is likely to set prices at 250 rupees ($ 3.39) per dose of the vaccine, a business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing people …

NEW DELHI / BENGALURU: India is accelerating its review of coronavirus vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca for emergency use, a senior government official said on Monday, as the world’s second-worst affected country struggles to contain the outbreak. The Indian government is pinning its hopes of mass supply of …