The Serum Institute of India (SII) has joined five candidate vaccines to fight the deadly novel coronavirus, Adar Poonawalla said. Earlier this year, the Pune-based drugmaker signed an agreement with British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca to manufacture its experimental vaccine developed by the University of Oxford. The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine is currently …
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A safe and effective vaccine against the new coronavirus may be available in India by January 2021, says Adar Poonawalla, executive director (CEO) of the Serum Institute of India. The Pune-based drugmaker teamed up with major British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca to produce the coronavirus vaccine for low- and middle-income countries, developed …
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Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 29, 2020 12:09:08 am A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad (AP) With the results of late-stage clinical trials by two Covid-19 vaccine pioneers, Moderna Inc and Pfizer, …
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A COVID-19 vaccine may be available to some people before Christmas, said Kate Bingham, chair of the UK government’s vaccine task force in an interview. However, a launch in early 2021 is more likely, he added. “The first phase III efficacy data for the main vaccine candidates should be available …
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The Center plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines directly from drug manufacturers and distribute them to priority groups under a special coronavirus immunization program, official sources said, according to the news agency. PTI. During the initial phase, front-line workers and groups most at risk of serious complications from COVID-19 will receive …
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Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 21, 2020 2:10:25 pm A health worker takes a swab sample for Covid-19 testing in New Delhi (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) We can have a Covid-19 vaccine for this year itself, with some eight candidates …
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India can receive a COVID-19 vaccine by March 2021, revealed Dr. Suresh Jadhav, executive director of the Serum Institute of India. “India can receive COVID-19 vaccine by March 2021 as long as regulators notify processes quickly as various manufacturers are working on it,” Dr Jadhav said at the India Vaccine …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it had had a very good dialogue with the developers of a second Russian candidate vaccine against COVID-19. “We can only have a position on a vaccine when we see the results of phase III clinical trials,” said WHO chief scientist …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on Thursday to assess the progress of research and the vaccine development ecosystem to combat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The meeting was attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, NITI Aayog (Health) Fellow, Senior Scientific Advisor, senior scientists and other officials. PM …
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Pfizer Inc said Friday that it could request emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine as soon as a safety milestone is reached in November. The drugmaker should have enough data from its late-stage trial to know if its coronavirus vaccine works for this month, CEO Albert Bourla wrote in an …
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