The Serum Institute of India (SII) has said the vaccine was “safe and immunogenic” New Delhi: The government said today that it has found no reason to stop trials of the Oxford vaccine in India after reviewing a Chennai volunteer’s claim of serious adverse effects, including memory loss and behavior …
Read More »The government never spoke about vaccinating the entire country, says the health ministry
The government said Tuesday that it has not talked about vaccinating the entire population of the country against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as India has reported 9,462,809 infections and 137,621 related deaths so far. “I just want to make this clear that the government has never talked about vaccinating the …
Read More »Serum Institute Vaccine Row: Vaccination Volunteer Wife Sued by Serum Institute of India: We Can’t Stay Quiet
Serum has described the volunteer’s accusations as “malicious and ill-conceived” (Representative) New Delhi: A Chennai volunteer whose allegations of adverse effects during the Oxford vaccine trials led to a Rs 100 million lawsuit by the Serum Institute of India (SII), lost an American project and found it difficult to even …
Read More »Serum Institute denies claim of side effects, says Covishield ‘safe and immunogenic
After a Chennai man claimed he suffered neurological and psychological side effects from receiving an injection of the Covid-19 Covishield vaccine during the human trial being conducted by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the company based in Pune said there was no correlation between the two. In a post …
Read More »As the race for the virus vaccine heats up, IBS’s smear against the volunteer who brought the case worries experts
The Serum Institute of India has called the accusations made by a volunteer of the IBS vaccine candidate “malicious”. On November 21, a 40-year-old Chennai volunteer from vaccine candidate Covishield filed a lawsuit against IBS. The volunteer stated that there was no adverse reaction during the first 10 days after …
Read More »Serum Institute files 100 million rupee case after man says vaccine made him sick
The Covid vaccine, Covishield, will be produced in India by the Serum Institute (Representational) The Serum Institute of India has responded to the “malicious and misleading” allegations by preparing a Rs 100 million defamation lawsuit against a Covishield coronavirus vaccine trial participant who claimed to suffer a “virtual neurological collapse” …
Read More »Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet online with three companies that will make COVID-19 vaccines tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to interact with three teams involved in the development of COVID-19 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with three teams involved in COVID-19 vaccine development via video conference on Monday. The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted today that the three teams are from Gennova Biopharma, …
Read More »Coronavirus | ‘Covishield’ vaccine volunteer sues Serum Institute of India, Oxford Group for ‘adverse reaction’
The 40-year-old man claims “adverse reaction”; the hospital panel says it is not due to ‘Covishield’. A 40-year-old volunteer from ‘Covishield’, the vaccine candidate being tested by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has sued the company for ₹ 5 crore, claiming the vaccine triggered an adverse reaction, including …
Read More »India will be our priority, said Poonawalla, CEO of Serum.
India will be our priority in distributing the coronavirus vaccine, Adar Poonawalla, executive director of the Serum Institute of India, said on Saturday. The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume has teamed up with British-Swedish company AstraZeneca to produce the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Oxford for low- and …
Read More »Learn more about indigenous DNA-based Covid-19 vaccine, PM Modi tweets praise for Zydus Cadila after visit
On a whirlwind tour of three cities, PM Modi is on a visit to three Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers today: Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad, where ZyCoV-D is being developed, the Serum Institute of India facility in Pune, where it will be manufactured. the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad, where …
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