The Center will bring more than 60 foreign mission chiefs to Bharat Biotech and Biological E, the two biotech companies working on a Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Those envoys would be briefed on the progress made by scientists working on the vaccine. Bharat Biotech …
Read More »Serum Institute Likely To Supply Covid-19 Vaccine At ₹ 250 Per Dose: Report
BENGALURU: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest producer of vaccines by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the country’s central government and is likely to set prices at 250 rupees ($ 3.39) per dose of the vaccine, Business Standard reported Tuesday: citing people familiar with …
Read More »Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine ‘highly effective with no safety concerns’ – US regulator
The coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech SE is highly effective in preventing Covid-19 and there are no safety concerns preventing it from being granted an emergency use authorization, according to a report from staff at US Food and Drug Administration. The report offers a …
Read More »AstraZeneca-Oxford First to Publish End Stage Vaccine Trial Results
The results are the “first full peer-reviewed efficacy results,” Lancet said. (Archive) Paris: Oxford University and AstraZeneca became the first Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to publish the results of end-stage clinical trials in a scientific journal on Tuesday, clearing a key hurdle in the global race to produce safe and effective …
Read More »Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine offers strong protection after the first dose
By: New York Times | Washington | Updated: December 8, 2020 9:10:37 pm The finding is one of several important new results presented in the informational materials, which span 53 pages of analysis of data from the agency and Pfizer. The coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech provides strong …
Read More »The center develops the Cowin app to help people register for the Covid vaccine
The registration module is for people to register for vaccination (Representational) New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health has developed a digital platform, including a mobile application, to monitor in real time the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine, record data and allow people to register for vaccination. At a press …
Read More »90-year-old British grandmother is the first in the world to receive the Pfizer vaccine out of trial
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer. COVID-19 vaccine out of a trial after rapid clinical approval. An early riser, Keenan was hit at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, on Tuesday morning at 0631 GMT, a week …
Read More »I just received a COVID-19 vaccine. Now what?
Pfizer has said that the side effects in the trial volunteers were mostly mild to moderate and disappeared quickly. Britain on Tuesday will become the first country in the world to launch the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech, initially making the vaccine available in 50 hospitals. The country’s …
Read More »British grandmother is the first in the world to receive the Pfizer vaccine outside the trial
Britain started rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. London: Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial after its rapid clinical approval. An early riser, Keenan was hit at her …
Read More »Pfizer, IBS, Bharat Biotech Covid Vaccine Applications Review Tomorrow: Report
A committee of experts from the Central Standard Medicines Control Organization (CDSCO) will meet on Wednesday to review applications from Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech seeking emergency use authorization for their Covid-19 vaccine candidates. official sources said Monday night. The decision was made late Monday night after …
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