Written by Benjamin Mueller and Rebecca Robbins The good news came first. The European Union authorized a third vaccine. Then the bad news. Regulators in country after country suggested restricting it to the youngest until further testing was done. The decisions ushered in a delicate new phase of vaccination campaigns, …
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A committee of experts from the country’s top drug regulator recommended on Friday that Covishield, the Indian version of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, should be approved under certain conditions, The Indian Express has learned. The recommendation is hugely significant as it paves the …
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India’s drug regulator will approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use on Friday, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. The decision would pave the way for the launch of the vaccine in the second most populous country in the world, which, after …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: November 27, 2020 7:10:08 am Half dose followed by a full dose was not the intended regimen. (University of Oxford via AP) An error in the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine trials, AZD1222, has questioned the way vaccine clinical trials have been …
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Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 20, 2020 4:07:53 pm An actor dressed as a coronavirus reacts after injecting a fantasy vaccine during a street performance in Plaza San Martín (AP) Encouraging results in Covid-19 vaccine trials by pioneers in November have …
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A ‘safe and effective’ coronavirus vaccine will be available to the general public in the country next May or June, said Adar Poonawalla, executive director of the Serum Institute of India at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2020. The Pune-based drug maker has signed an agreement with British-Swedish company AstraZeneca …
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By: PTI | London | Updated: October 3, 2020 10:31:51 pm The candidate vaccine tested by scientists at the University of Oxford in collaboration with the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is the most advanced in the testing process and, according to a report by “The Times” There is growing hope that …
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Corononavirus: More than 45 lakh people in India have been affected by the pandemic so far. New Delhi: The new recruitment for the University of Oxford’s Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials of the Covishield vaccine being manufactured in India by the Serum Institute of India, along with leading drugmaker …
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