One in seven volunteers complained of side effects after being injected with Sputnik V, Russia’s experimental vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the country’s health minister said. Mikhail Murashko, the Russian health minister, said that more than 300 of the 40,000 announced volunteers have been vaccinated with Sputnik V so …
Read More »Russia signs an agreement with Dr. Reddy’s for the Sputnik V trial in India, to supply 100 million doses
The Russian Fund for Direct Investment has signed an agreement with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to conduct a clinical trial and distribution of Sputnik V in India. Under the agreement, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund will supply 100 million doses of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine to the Indian pharmaceutical company. Both the trials …
Read More »15 scientists write a letter expressing their concern
Fifteen scientists from five countries signed the letter presenting their concerns to the international medical journal, Enrico Bucci, an associate professor biologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, told Reuters. Reuters did not see the content of the letter. Nonetheless, the move highlights growing concern among scientists about the safety and …
Read More »More than 250 people in Moscow are vaccinated, report says
The Russian government said on Monday that more than 250 Moscow residents received the dose of its first Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, in the past five days, according to a report. The vast majority of them are in good health, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters today. “During the last …
Read More »Unlike AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik-V is built on a well-studied platform: RDIF CEO
AstraZeneca has resumed British clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, one of the most advanced in development, after receiving the green light from safety watchdogs, the company said on Saturday. Late-stage trials of the experimental vaccine, developed with researchers at the University of Oxford, were suspended this week after illness …
Read More »What Makes Hyderabad a Global Center for the Covid-19 Vaccine?
A research scientist works inside a laboratory at the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, working on vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pune. (Image used for representation: Reuters) Whether it’s the first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine: Covaxin, Russia’s Sputnik V, Johnson & Johnson’s Ad26.Cov2.S, FlueGen’s CoroFlu, …
Read More »More than 1 billion people will get Sputnik-V in 2020-21, report says
In the midst of the race to produce a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus, Russia announced today that it will be able to vaccinate more than 1 billion people within 2020-2021, according to a report. The country’s sovereign wealth fund said more than 1 billion people would receive its …
Read More »Some Scientists Spot ‘Unlikely’ Patterns in Russia’s Vaccine Data: Letter
MOSCOW: Twenty-six scientists, most of them working in universities in Italy, signed an open letter questioning the reliability of the data presented in the results of the early-phase trial of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik-V”. Addressing the editor of The Lancet, the international peer-reviewed medical journal in which the …
Read More »‘Significant Move’ in Russia’s Request for Phase 3 Trial, Sputnik V Manufacturing in India | India News
NEW DELHI: India is considering Russia’s request to conduct a phase 3 clinical trial and the manufacture of its Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine by Indian companies, officials said Tuesday, noting there has been “significant movement” on both fronts. and specific results are expected. soon. Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) Niti …
Read More »Russia Releases First Batch Of Covid-19 Sputnik V Vaccine To The Public
The first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of Gamaleya of Russia and the Direct Investment Fund of Russia (RDIF) has been released to civil circulation, regional deliveries are planned in the near future, the Russian health ministry …
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