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 …
Read More »Center to acquire directly from companies; ‘priority group’ to get it first
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 …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by December and be available in the market in March: SII official
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 …
Read More »The government prepares the distribution plan. Who will get it first?
After ten months of a global pandemic, the search for a “safe and effective” vaccine against the new coronavirus continues. The central government expects between 400 and 500 million doses of the vaccine to be available in India by the middle of next year. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan …
Read More »India expects to vaccinate 20-25 million million people by July next year
By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: October 6, 2020 9:21:50 am Travelers wearing masks wait at a traffic intersection in Kochi, Kerala (AP) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker: India is working to vaccinate 20 to 25 million million of its population, about one sixth of its total population, against Covid19 disease …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this year? Oxford on the brink of one, says British prime minister
Will the world have another ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus later this year? UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hopeful. Commenting on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine, Johnson said Monday that he felt an AstraZeneca project should be on the brink of one. “I went to …
Read More »Serum Institute of India begins manufacturing Codagenix COVID-19 nasal vaccine
Serum Institute of India has begun manufacturing the COVID-19 candidate vaccine developed by Codagenix Inc, the American biotech firm said in a statement. Nicknamed CDX-005, the coronavirus vaccine candidate has completed preclinical studies in animals. The company aims to begin the phase I clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in …
Read More »Serum Institute begins the last phase of the clinical trial
Phase III or last stage of the clinical trial of the Covid-19 ‘Covishield’ vaccine, which is being developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), began today at the Sassoon General Hospital, administered for the state, in Pune, Maharashtra on Monday, a senior …
Read More »The US will have the COVID-19 vaccine for all citizens by next April, Trump believes
President Donald Trump said Friday that he hopes to have enough doses of a coronavirus vaccine available for all Americans by April. “Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month, and we hope to have enough vaccines for all Americans in April,” Trump said at a news conference. …
Read More »Serum Institute will begin the final phase of the trial from Monday
The Serum Institute of India is set to begin the final stage of the clinical trial of the experimental vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc., Starting next week. The last-stage trial will take place at Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, according to the news agency. PTI. “The …
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