NEW DELHI: India’s central drug regulator issued a notice to the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Wednesday, asking why the company had failed to inform it of the “reported serious adverse events” that led to UK partner AstraZeneca to “temporarily pause” global clinical trials of the Oxford Covid …
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By the end of this month, more than a million people could die from Covid worldwide. Economies are reeling from the impact of physical distancing measures. A vaccine is urgently needed to save lives and livelihoods, and some of the dozens of vaccines in development, such as Russia’s Sputnik V, …
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NEW DELHI: As Covid-19 infections surged to an unprecedented level in India over the weekend, the country moved to the center of the global pandemic scene, accounting for more than 40% of all cases recorded around the world on Sunday. Cases in India on both Saturday and Sunday were higher …
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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 …
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WHO senior adviser Bruce Aylward said at a briefing in Geneva that discussions are underway to make India part of the WHO global vaccine plan ‘Covax’. WHO senior adviser Bruce Aylward said at a briefing in Geneva that discussions are underway to make India part of the WHO global vaccine …
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Russia shocked the world last month when it claimed that it has become the first country to create a vaccine for the coronavirus disease. And now, one of the country’s top officials has said that the Covid-19 vaccine will be released for civilian use starting this week. The “Sputnik-V” vaccine …
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NEW DELHI: Clinical trials for the Covid-19 candidate vaccine developed by the University of Oxford, which were expected to begin at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh, have been delayed for at least a week. Trials that were expected to begin in the first week …
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NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 case count surpassed 41 lakh with a record 90,632 people infected in one day, while 31.80,865 people have recovered so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 77.32 percent on Sunday, according to the Union. data from the ministry of health. The total number of coronavirus …
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As the world waits for a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus disease (Covid-19), several major drug developers have decided to make a pledge not to seek government approval until their vaccine candidates are proven safe. The move is seen as a bulwark against mounting political pressure to introduce a vaccine …
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Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said it did not expect widespread immunization against the new coronavirus until mid-2021, dampening hopes just as research revealed encouraging early results from a Russian vaccine. The virus that has killed nearly 870,000 people worldwide continues to spread, and Italy’s flamboyant former Prime Minister Silvio …
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