NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech International Ltd has started massive phase 3 clinical trials of its covid-19 ‘Covaxin’ vaccine. The company plans to enroll 26,000 participants in total, making it the first phase 3 efficacy study for a COVID-19 vaccine and the largest efficacy trial ever conducted in India. As part …
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Many countries around the world are witnessing a resurgence in their daily coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and deaths. Cities like New York in the US, Turin in Italy, and London in the UK have been put under strict lockdowns due to the possibility of a second wave of the outbreak. In …
Read More »About 20 COVID-19 vaccines at different stages of development in India: Vardhan
About 20 vaccines are in different stages of development in India, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. India has launched an integrated response to overcome the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Vardhan added. The Union health minister spoke at the 8th BRICS STI ministerial meeting on Friday. Vardhan said India …
Read More »India To Receive 100 Million Vaccines From Oxford By December: Adar Poonawalla
It will take until 2024 to vaccinate the whole world, said Adar Poonawalla (Representative) The world’s largest vaccine maker is ramping up production of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 injection, aiming to have 100 million doses ready by December for an inoculation campaign that could begin across India later that month. If end-stage …
Read More »Serum Institute Director Says India Will Receive 100 Million Astra Injections Next Month
The world’s largest vaccine maker is ramping up production of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 injection, aiming to have 100 million doses ready by December for an inoculation campaign that could begin across India later that month. If data from the final stage of the trial shows that the AstraZeneca candidate provides …
Read More »Serum Institute expects emergency clearance next month
The world’s largest vaccine maker is ramping up production of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 injection, aiming to have 100 million doses ready by December for an inoculation campaign that could begin across India later that month. If the data from the end-stage trial shows that AstraZeneca’s candidate provides effective protection against …
Read More »Coronavirus Vaccine Updates – 40 Million Doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Produced – Serum Institute of India
The AstraZeneca vaccine is the most advanced in human testing in India. Serum said. Bangalore: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, said Thursday that it has manufactured 40 million doses of AstraZeneca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine and will soon begin producing Novavax’s rival vaccine as both seek …
Read More »Covishield Could Be Realistic Pandemic Solution: IBS Ends Phase 3 Trial Enrollment
The world’s largest vaccine maker, Serum Institute of India (SII), which is working in collaboration with the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) to find a vaccine for Covid-19, announced Wednesday that it has completed registration of the Phase 3 clinical trials for your Covishield candidate. IBS and ICMR are …
Read More »Serum Institute Completes Registration for Phase III Trial in India
The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India’s leading body for biomedical research, today announced the completion of trial enrollment Phase 3 clinical trials for Covishield or Oxford covid vaccine in India. Covishield has been developed …
Read More »Frontline workers to have priority; photo ID required
From identifying the priority groups that will receive the COVID-19 vaccine first to organizing vaccination centers, the central government has begun to prepare a plan to implement the coronavirus vaccine in the country, once it is available. The coronavirus vaccine will be distributed under a special COVID-19 inoculation program, using …
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