United Airlines began operating charter flights on Friday to move shipments of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for rapid distribution if the injections are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The mass inoculation program is expected to begin in late December, according to a report. The initial flights are the …
Read More »Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca-Oxford, Sputnik V Covid-19 Vaccine Latest Status
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 15, 2020 11:44:36 pm Collecting swabs for rapid Covid-19 testing at a municipal dispensary in Deonar in Mumbai (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19): After Pfizer, another US drugmaker, Moderna Inc, is likely to release the first …
Read More »Scientist Behind Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Claims It Will ‘Stop Pandemic’
2020 has been a long wait for the pandemic to finally end, and with the Pfizer crisis COVID-19 vaccine may finally be close. Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, who have dedicated their lives to finding cures for infectious diseases and cancer, helped develop the COVID-19 vaccine than by Pfizer. …
Read More »Pfizer in talks with government to commercialize covid-19 vaccine in India
New Delhi: Pfizer is in talks with the government to sell its promising covid-19 vaccine in India, and believes its candidate has the potential to be an important part of India’s initial vaccine response, said a Pfizer India spokesperson. in a statement to Mint. “We remain committed to advancing our …
Read More »Moderna and Pfizer aim to deliver vaccine by December
Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 29, 2020 12:09:08 am A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad (AP) With the results of late-stage clinical trials by two Covid-19 vaccine pioneers, Moderna Inc and Pfizer, …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of the year, says WHO chief
A ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease could be ready by the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “We will need vaccines and there is hope that by the end of this year we can have a vaccine. There is hope,” …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine in India early next year? The health minister is hopeful
More than six months after a global pandemic, the search for a “safe and effective” vaccine against the new coronavirus continues. When will India get a COVID-19 vaccine? In response to this question, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that the COVID-19 vaccine could be available in India …
Read More »Oxford University, Pfizer, Modern, Russia, Bharat Biotech Covaxin
Written by Abhishek De | New Delhi | Updated: September 7, 2020 9:27:45 pm According to the World Health Organization, about 175 vaccine candidates are in preclinical or clinical trials today. While Russia and China may have stolen a march in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, grant regulatory …
Read More »Pfizer says the result of the Covid-19 vaccine trial next month
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is likely to give an update on its Covid-19 vaccine in late October on whether a COVID-19 (BNT162b2) vaccine it is developing is successful, and will submit it for approval immediately if that’s the case, according to reports. . Pfizer has enrolled 23,000 patients in vaccine trials …
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