The race to obtain regulator approval for the launch of the vaccine has entered its final stretch in India and the government is beefing up plans to immunize 30 million high-risk people in phase 1. Amid these developments, India and South Africa, backed by other low-income and developing countries, are …
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NEW DELHI: India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, is expected to launch its first vaccines in the coming weeks with at least three candidates under active consideration by India’s drug regulator. The Pune-based Serum Institute of India and Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech have already approached the Controller General of …
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Marking the formal beginning of the evaluation process for Covid-19 vaccine candidates who have applied for emergency clearance in India, the Central Organization for Standard Medicines decided to seek additional safety and efficacy data from the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech before giving the approval. Pfizer’s request was …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M, Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: December 10, 2020 7:08:31 am Pfizer, which received emergency clearance for the use of its Covid-19 vaccine in the UK, with the first doses delivered on Tuesday, had approached DCGI with a request that no clinical trials be …
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Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: At Lok Nayak, the largest facility just for Covid, 1,670 of the 2,000 beds are available. (Archive) Coronavirus India LIVE updates India will carry out the largest vaccination campaign in its history in the coming year. Top government sources told The Indian Express that the vaccine …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 10:03:07 am At the Serum Institute of India on Monday. (Photo: Reuters) One crore of health workers, two crore of frontline workers, including the police and armed forces, and around 27 crore of people over 50 and …
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Oxford and Astra are the first vaccine developers to reveal data on asymptomatic infection rates. Highlight Reducing the spread of the virus is a key element for the reopening of economies Oxford, Astra are the first to reveal data on the rate of asymptomatic infection Overall, it reduced such transmissions …
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NEW DELHI: Pfizer, the world’s leading pharmaceutical company, has said that it will have differential prices on its Covid-19 vaccine for different countries, as the company aims to make the vaccine available worldwide. The company’s Indian arm has applied for emergency use authorization (USA) for the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine …
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The foreign envoys, who traveled to Hyderabad on Wednesday to visit two biotech companies working on Covid-19 vaccines, said they are impressed by the progress made by Indian pharmaceutical companies. The group of 60 envoys visited the facilities of two companies: Bharat Biotech and Biological E. “I was very impressed …
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A committee of experts from the Central Standard Medicines Control Organization (CDSCO) will meet on Wednesday at 12 pm to review applications from Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech seeking emergency use authorization for their vaccine candidates. COVID-19, the sources said. The decision was made late Monday night …
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