For the executive director of the Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, the moment of happy new year came on January 3 after the General Controller of Drugs of India on Sunday gave the final go-ahead to Covishield, the vaccine developed by the Oxford University and leading pharmaceutical Astrazeneca and …
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Interim Phase 3 analysis of the Oxford / AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine candidate showed a 70.4 percent efficacy in preventing the disease, Oxford University announced on Monday. At two different dosing regimens, the vaccine, AZD1222, was 90% and 62% effective. In the most effective dosing regimen, AZD1222 was administered as a …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 17, 2020 7:32:42 am A mural in Noida. (Express photo: Gajendra Yadav) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker: Describing it as the “most powerful public health tool” against the new coronavirus, Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 7:37:30 am The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine was among the leading global candidates. AstraZeneca, which is creating a vaccine for the new coronavirus in partnership with the University of Oxford, halted its global vaccine trial on September 6 after a participant …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 13, 2020 8:53:31 am A healthcare worker holds blood samples during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida. (Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (COVID-19): The clinical trials of a coronavirus …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 7, 2020 8:41:47 am A nurse holds China’s Sinovac vaccine, a possible vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Sao Lucas Hospital in Brazil (Reuters / Archive) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (COVID-19): A coronavirus vaccine being developed by a Chinese company was …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | September 5, 2020 7:04:25 am A booth displaying a coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech Ltd is seen at the 2020 China International Trade in Services Fair (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China on September 4, 2020. (Reuters photo: Tingshu Wang) Coronavirus …
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