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 »Prime Minister Modi seeks law allowing Yale and Oxford to open campuses in India
India’s higher education system lags behind in infrastructure, quality teaching, and investment in research. Indian universities have produced CEOs at companies from Microsoft Corp. to Google; now Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes they can get even better with competition from global names like Yale, Oxford and Stanford. Prime Minister Modi’s …
Read More »Oxford coronavirus vaccine could be rolled out in six months: report
London: There is growing hope that health regulators will give a green light for a coronavirus vaccine later this year to roll out into a vaccination program in six months or even less, according to a report by UK media. . The candidate vaccine being tested by scientists at the …
Read More »Covid-19 Vaccine Alone Won’t Stop Virus Spread, Report Warns
A successful vaccine for Covid-19 is not enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and many challengers would have to be overcome to implement a successful vaccination program, a recent study warned. A report from the Royal Society’s DELVE (Data Assessment and Learning for Viral Epidemics) initiative suggests that …
Read More »Phase 3 human clinical trial of Oxford vaccine begins in Pune
The phase III human clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), began at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital here in Maharashtra, El Monday, a senior official said. . “We have started phase III trials of …
Read More »Serum Institute of India Obtains DCGI Approval to Resume Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Trials
Dr VG Somani of the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) has given the Serum Institute of India (SII) permission to resume the clinical trial of the Oxford Covid-19 candidate vaccine in the country, while also revoking your previous order to suspend any new recruitment for phase two and …
Read More »Maharashtra Covid-19 count crosses 10.37 lakh, death toll rises to 29,000
A woman dressed in white protective gear is in mourning after glimpsing the body of her husband, a Covid-19 victim, at a cremation site in Guwahati on September 10, 2020 (AP Photo / Anupam Nath). A total of 13,489 patients were discharged after treatment on the day, raising the number …
Read More »Oxford and AstraZeneca to Resume Coronavirus Vaccine Trial: Why It Matters
The University of Oxford, one of the leading Covid-19 vaccine developers in the world race, resumed its trial to test the drug it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Saturday. The restart to demonstrate the drug’s effectiveness comes two days after he had to stop the trial after a …
Read More »Serum Institute Stops Covid-19 Vaccine Trials In India Even As AstraZeneca Says End-of-Year Launch Still Possible
In this illustration, taken on April 10, 2020, small vials labeled with a “COVID-19 Vaccine” label and a medical syringe are seen (REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration / File photo). The Serum Institute of India halted trials of the Covid-19 vaccine in India one day after AstraZeneca halted trials …
Read More »Oxford University injects first participant
[ad_1] Elisa Granato is the first volunteer in an initial group of 800 to be part of the groundbreaking trial, which is expected to be the answer to immunization against the deadly virus and help ease the blocking measures put in place to curb its rapid transmission. . “I am …
Read More »