Swissmedic approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 20 (Representative) Geneva: There is no indication that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 was responsible for the death of an elderly person in Switzerland within days of receiving the vaccine, Swiss authorities said Wednesday. The Swissmedic regulatory authority and regional authorities in the …
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NEW DELHI: India on Monday suspended all scheduled passenger flights to and from the UK between December 23 and December 31, joining dozens of countries that have restricted limited or outright travel bans in a global fight to prevent the new strain of coronavirus from rapidly spreading across Britain. Travelers …
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GENEVA: Ten Covid-19 vaccines could be available by the middle of next year if they get regulatory approval, but their inventors need patent protection, the head of the global pharmaceutical industry group said on Friday. Vaccines from Pfizer and BioNtech, as well as Moderna and AstraZeneca have shown promising results …
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NEW DELHI: The IWC has filed a supplemental charge sheet against British citizen Christian Michel James and businessman Rajeev Saxena in the AgustaWestland helicopter scam. In its final report presented to Special Judge Arvind Kumar, the IWC has named the two alleged intermediaries Michel and Saxena, and 13 others. The …
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MUMBAI: India is ranked 48th in the Global innovation index (GII) 2020 among 131 economies, entering the top 50 countries for the first time. Up four spots from last year, three ‘clusters’ (Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai) rank among the top 100 access points to science and technology, further supporting India’s …
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