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NEW DELHI: Dr. Reddy‘s Laboratories applied to the Comptroller General of Drugs of India for permission to conduct phase 3 human clinical trials of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 in India, the sources said. The Indian pharmaceutical giant has collaborated with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to …

Amid ongoing discussions about the availability of Covid-19 vaccines in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India encourages the production of indigenous vaccines. The prime minister inaugurated the 2020 Vaishvik Bharatiya Vaigyanik Summit (VAIBHAV), a virtual summit of national and international researchers. “In 2014, four new vaccines …

File photo of PNC chief Sharad Pawar. Pawar’s comments came after he visited the IBS facility to receive a dose of the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine administered to boost immunity. IANS Pune Last update: October 2, 2020 11:37 PM IST FOLLOW US: NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Friday that …

PUNE: Head of NCP Sharad Pawar on Friday he appealed to the Maratha young people, saying that suicide was not a solution to the reservation issue, and assured that the state government was taking steps to rescind the provisional order of the Supreme Court to remain implementation of quota granted …

Lonza is confident that the US and Swiss plants it is building to help make Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine a vaccine candidate will be ready for commercial production this year, executives at the Swiss company said Tuesday. New production lines at Lonza’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire site aim to start manufacturing vaccine …

The survey results show that a sizeable population remains vulnerable and susceptible to the coronavirus. It was estimated that one in 15 people aged 10 years and older was exposed to SARS-CoV2 in August 2020, showing that a sizeable population is still susceptible to COVID-19, according to the second sero-survey …

NEW DELHI: The government said on Tuesday that it disagrees with the estimate that Rs 80 billion is needed for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine in India. The Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Rajesh Bhushan, was responding to a question tweeted by the executive director of the Serum …

Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, a public-private global health partnership that aims to increase access to immunization in poor countries, and the Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates would accelerate the Manufacturing and delivery of up to 100 million doses …

Global deaths from Covid-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to uncover a crucial metric in the pandemic: the death rate, the percentage of people infected with the pathogen who die. Here’s a look at the issues related to a better understanding of the Covid-19 death rate. …

As the world races to develop a possible vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19), the Union Ministry of Health has launched an online portal on Covid-19 with the latest information on the coronavirus disease. Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that the web portal will have data on the …