The distribution of the first vaccines for the coronavirus It has raised hopes that the end of the pandemic is in sight, but it has also raised some concern about the side effects. This is what we know so far. What side effects? Results from end-stage clinical trials of two …
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A new report from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators revealed that four volunteers for Pfizer’s COVID-19 experimental vaccine developed Bell’s palsy after receiving injections of the vaccine, according to reports from the media. Bell’s palsy is a condition that causes temporary paralysis of the muscles in the face. …
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would establish at least 48 distribution centers in Mumbai to administer the Covid-19 vaccine to the city’s population over 1.24 crore once it is available. There will be two to three vaccination centers in each of the city’s 24 administrative districts, according to civic officials involved …
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Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute of India and Pfizer have approached the Comptroller General of Medicines of India to request an emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates. A certain section of people may hesitate to take the COVID-19 vaccine, but not biotech industry veteran Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, who said Wednesday …
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No emergency use authorization has been granted to the Serum Institute of India (SII) or Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccines for lack of data, sources told News18 on Wednesday. Bharat Biotech had on Monday applied to the Controller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) for an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 …
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More than 60 heads of foreign missions who traveled to Hyderabad on Wednesday to visit two biotech companies working on Covid-19 vaccines were briefed by Bharat Biotech President Krishna Ella about the development of Covaxin. During her presentation to high-level diplomats, Ella noted that the medical industry is working to …
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NEW DELHI: With the chances of a Covid-19 vaccine being available soon increasing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that mobile technology will be used for mass inoculation against the pandemic. Speaking at the Mobile Congress of India, he said that mobile technology has enabled benefits worth billions of …
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BENGALURU: Serum Institute of India, the largest in the world vaccine producer by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the country. central government and it is likely to set prices at 250 rupees ($ 3.39) per dose of the vaccine, a business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing people …
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NEW DELHI: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech submitted an application for an emergency use authorization for Covaxin on Monday, becoming the third company to seek such regulatory approval in India after Pfizer and Serum Institute of India (SII) . Covaxin is the first fully locally developed candidate vaccine against Covid-19 to be …
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NEW DELHI: 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 vaccine candidates Covid-19, official sources said Monday. night. The decision was made late Monday …
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