For the executive director of the Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, the moment of happy new year came on January 3 after the General Controller of Drugs of India on Sunday gave the final go-ahead to Covishield, the vaccine developed by the Oxford University and leading pharmaceutical Astrazeneca and …
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After the UK agreed to the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine, the global race to vaccinate people has grown more intense. After the UK, Bahrain has become the second nation in the world to grant an emergency authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has warned …
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The global search for an effective coronavirus vaccine is still underway, as more than 57 million people have contracted the disease so far and more than 1.3 million have lost their lives from it. The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna recently declared that their vaccine candidates have been successful in …
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As Bharat Biotech aims to launch its vaccine, Covaxin, in February, which could be the first vaccine available in India, the Center is finalizing the procedure for administering the vaccine, including identifying the priority groups to target. they will administer the vaccine first and at no cost. . The group …
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In the first week of September, the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with the University of Oxford, halted the trial process when two participants who participated in a trial developed an adverse impact. After this, the trial was stopped in other countries, raising concerns …
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After Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India will ensure rapid delivery of the vaccine through its existing digital network and the new digital health ID, the health ministry has clarified that ID will not be required to access the vaccine. As of now, under the National Digital Health Mission …
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The Center is in consultations with the Russian government to explore the possibility of obtaining the Russian Sputnik V vaccine early, Parliament was told on Friday. Health Minister Ashwini Choubey informed Lok Sabha that the biotechnology department is in talks with the Russian government for the Covid-19 vaccine in India. …
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