Now some are beginning or approaching the final testing stage. Depending on the results, some companies say their vaccines could be approved for use as early as this year. The pioneers Among the first candidate vaccines to begin the final round of testing is one developed by the University of …
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The whole world is waiting with great anticipation for a ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus. Currently, three candidate vaccines are in different stages of testing in India. Two homegrown candidate vaccines, Covaxin from Bharat Biotech and ZyCoV-D from Zydus Cadila have already started the phase II clinical …
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By: Desk Explained | Updated: August 31, 2020 10:00:05 am US President Donald Trump gestures during a tour of a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where components are being developed for a possible vaccine candidate for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in North Carolina (Reuters / Archive) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (COVID-19): Raising the …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: August 29, 2020 9:25:28 am Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine trials begin in Pune on Wednesday. (Express photo: Arul Horizon) The United States has entered into multi-million dollar deals with at least six major pharmaceutical companies to ensure the supply of a combination of 800 …
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A US health official said on Friday that hundreds of thousands of doses of coronavirus vaccines have already been manufactured in the hope that at least one of the candidates will be successful in clinical trials. The Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” program has struck deals for eight coronavirus vaccine …
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BEIJING: Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, was approved in July for emergency use as part of a program in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical personnel, a person familiar with the matter said. China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a unit of state-owned pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical …
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[ad_1] In an attempt to increase the COVID-19 testing in the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (icmr), which now allows all states to begin using rapid antigen testing. Known as the Standard of Q COVID-19 Ag kit antigen screening test does not require any specialized knowledge of the …
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