Gavi and India's Bharat Biotech discuss possible COVAX use of Covaxin"We are in discussion with (Bharat Biotech) as we consider the overall needs of the COVAX portfolio in 2022. However, we have no agreement ...
06 Jan, 2022, 07.07 PM IST
Vaccine maker Serum waives AstraZeneca shot indemnity for refugee programmeThe news comes days after Reuters reported https://www.reuters.com/world/refugees-lack-covid-shots-because-drugmakers-fear-lawsuits-documen...
22 Dec, 2021, 10.07 PM IST
Serum likely to start vaccine supplies to Covax this weekIn an interview to ET in October, SII chief executive Adar Poonawalla said that large exports would start from January, whereas small expor...
16 Nov, 2021, 07.11 AM IST
‘India won’t supply jabs to Covax until all adults are vaccinated’In May this year, when Covid cases started surging once again in India, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla had said that the SII will continue to scal...
10 Sep, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
Punjab to join global COVAX alliance to procure anti-Covid vaccinesBy doing so, Punjab will become the first state in the country to take the initiative of addressing the vaccine shortage amid the deadly se...
13 May, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
Covax signs deal for 500 mn Moderna Covid vaccine dosesThe doses, to come on stream from October at the earliest, will broaden out the portfolio of vaccines in the Covax scheme, which has so far...
03 May, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
COVAX in talks for other COVID-19 shots amid AstraZeneca supply problemsThe global programme - co-led by the GAVI vaccine alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO) - said that while it was hoping to resta...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.24 PM IST
WHO agrees compensation fund for serious COVAX vaccine side effectsQuestions of how compensation claims would be handled in the event of any serious COVID-19 vaccine side effects, which are likely to be ver...
22 Feb, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
GAVI inks pact with Serum Institute of India, Novavax for Covid-19 vaccine supplyThe Novavax vaccine has shown 90% efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials in the UK that enrolled more than 15,000 participants aged 18-84 year...
20 Feb, 2021, 07.22 AM IST
India-made Covishield part of Pakistan jab drive under vaccine allianceAround seven million made-in-India doses of AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine will be part of Pakistan’s free Covid-19 vaccination drive sta...
01 Feb, 2021, 04.24 AM IST
China's COVID-19 vaccine makers apply to join COVAX schemeThe COVAX scheme - led by the World Health Organization and GAVI vaccine alliance - is due to start rolling out vaccines to poor and middle...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
China joins COVAX alliance for global distribution of its COVID-19 vaccines“This is an important step China has taken to uphold the concept of a shared community of health for all and to honour its commitment to tu...
09 Oct, 2020, 11.09 AM IST
WHO says India in talks to join 'COVAX' global vaccine schemeThe WHO and the GAVI vaccine alliance are leading the COVAX facility, aimed at helping buy and distribute vaccination shots against the nov...
07 Sep, 2020, 11.40 PM IST
WHO reviews nine vaccine candidates for Covax allianceCOVAX is an initiative of WHO and the Gavi vaccine alliance to develop and equitably distribute and an approved Covid-19 vaccine.
25 Aug, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
Signing up for Covax will give India access to many vaccines: Soumya SwaminathanBilateral deals are not a way to optimise the situation, World Health Organization’s chief scientist told, adding: “WHO is discouraging cou...
03 Aug, 2020, 07.04 AM IST
India part of international alliance Gavi's new coronavirus global vaccine access driveThe COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) forms part of the COVAX Facility, a mechanism hosted by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, designed to g...
31 Jul, 2020, 10.25 PM IST
India's keen to join WHO-Gavi vaccine alliance in bid to keep supply cost effectiveAt the meeting with government officials, representatives of Gavi, which is a global vaccine alliance, made a presentation on how the Covax...
23 Jul, 2020, 06.55 AM IST