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China rolls out first one-jab COVID-19 vaccine: ReportChina's first Ad5-nCoV COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out on Friday, the state-run Global Times reported on Sunday. It is the only single-dose...
- J&J's 1-dose shot cleared, giving US 3rd COVID-19 vaccine
One dose was 85% protective against the most severe COVID-19 illness, in a massive study that spanned three continents - protection that re...
- FDA says J&J single-dose shot prevents COVID; final decision soon
That's just one step in the FDA's evaluation of a third vaccine option for the U.S. On Friday, the agency's independent advisers will debat...
- Pfizer submits data showing Covid-19 vaccine's stability in refrigerators
Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine, along with Moderna Inc's two-dose vaccine, won the U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) and is being widely di...
- Researchers urge delay in administering second dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, cite strong data
In its response, Pfizer said that alternative dosing regimens of its vaccine had not been evaluated yet and the decision to do that resided...
- COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse
The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations - and regulators are looking ...
- Pakistan approves fourth COVID-19 vaccine
Chinese company Cansino Biologics Inc's vaccine was approved by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Friday.
- Experimental drug can speed up COVID-19 recovery, says new study
According to the researchers, people who were treated with the drug cleared the virus quickly with the effect being most pronounced in thos...
- View: Drug abuse affects more people than Covid yet we bury the issue
If you believe that drug abuse can’t be compared to the Covid-19 pandemic, do browse through India’s first-ever large-scale, nationwide sur...
- USFDA gearing up for rapid review of potential COVID-19 booster shots
Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the FDA, said that if new variants of the coronavirus emerge that require booster shots or chang...
- Potential antiviral drug against Covid-19 identified, scientists say it's 'highly effective'
It triggers a response against three major types of human respiratory viruses, including Covid.
- India's demand for COVID-19 drug remdesivir to fall, says Cipla
Cipla was among the first companies in India to launch a generic version of remdesivir, developed by U.S.-based Gilead Sciences, and as of ...
- WTO to take up India, South Africa's TRIPS waiver plea
The proposed game-changing waiver of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) would enable free flow ...
- India's Dr.Reddy's ends study of COVID-19 drug Avigan in Kuwait
Data from the Kuwait trial, conducted in partnership with United Arab Emirates-based medical alliance Global Response Aid FZCO (GRA), showe...
- SEC denies emergency nod to Natco Covid-19 drug
Natco had in December sought a waiver of the clinical trial requirement for the emergency use of baricitinib tablets in Covid-19 treatment,...
- Pfizer wants India to order COVID-19 vaccine before pursuing approval
Pfizer was the first company to seek emergency-use authorisation (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine in India, but the government this month appro...
- Bangladesh receives first COVID-19 vaccine consignment from India
A special Air India flight carrying the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine co-manufactured by Serum Institute of India reached the Hazrat ...
- Zydus Cadila says 'positive results' from phase 2 studies of COVID-19 drug Desidustat in Mexico
In June 2020, Zydus Cadila had received approval from Mexico's regulatory authority Cofepris to test one of its lead research candidate Des...
- Swiss drugs regulator approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
Switzerland has been a second-wave coronavirus hotspot, with infections totalling some 500,000 and deaths rising by dozens daily to more th...
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