India’s drug regulator will approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca on Friday for emergency use, according to the news agency. Reuters reported. The expert committee set up by Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) VG Somani to examine vaccine proposals, meeting for the …
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