Covid: Govt unlikely to allow different vaccine as boosterA study showed that if the booster is the same as the first two doses, it boosts immunity well, but when the booster dose is different, the...
11 May, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
Covishield, Covaxin price cut to Rs 225 per dose for private hospitalsThe move, by the health ministry, came a day before precautionary doses are to be made available to everyone over the age of 18.
10 Apr, 2022, 06.38 AM IST
Covaxin booster enhances antibody response against Covid variants including Omicron: StudyThe government on Saturday announced that precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all aged above 18 years at private vacc...
09 Apr, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
Report of CMC study on mixing vaccines likely by month-endIn heterologous doses' trials, a participant receives Covaxin followed by Covishield and vice versa. The Drug Controller General of India h...
09 Feb, 2022, 07.51 AM IST
Adar Poonawalla wants booster gap to be cut to 6 monthsPune-based SII's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin were granted conditional market authorisation by India's drug regulator on Thursda...
28 Jan, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
NIE plans study on booster for those with comorbiditiesThe Indian Council of Medical Research's NIE has proposed to conduct phase-2 safety and immunogenicity study specifically on people with co...
20 Jan, 2022, 06.44 AM IST
Covaxin's 3rd booster shot shows positive responsesThe study titled-Persistence of immunity and impact of a third (booster) dose of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BBV152; a phase 2, doub...
09 Jan, 2022, 07.26 AM IST
Some experts are worried over move to use the same vaccine as booster doseThe third dose of the Covid vaccine to be given to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 years and above with comorbiditi...
07 Jan, 2022, 10.29 AM IST
Covaxin likely to be only Covid vaccine available for children of 15-18 yrs, for nowZydus Cadila's vaccine ZyCoV-D has not yet been introduced in the country's inoculation programme, even for adults, though it had received ...
27 Dec, 2021, 11.54 AM IST
Bharat Bio hopes to soon submit trial data for intranasal vaccine"The trials are ongoing, and we expect to submit data by the end of this year," a company insider said. The trials, including over 600 part...
14 Oct, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
Centre’s vaccination bill nears Rs 9,725 crore, Lok Sabha toldThe Centre has spent Rs 8,071.09 crore to buy vaccines and remaining about `1,654.06 crore on operational costs for administering the vacci...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.52 PM IST
Bharat Biotech supplies Covaxin to 16 statesCompany's co-founder and joint managing director Suchitra Ella on Wednesday tweeted that Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, ...
16 Jun, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
Covaxin in Delhi only for those who received it as first dose in 18-44 years age group, High court toldJustice Rekha Palli expressed happiness over the development and the proactive steps taken by both the Central and Delhi government to addr...
07 Jun, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
Covaxin puzzle: 6 crore shots ready, 2 crore given. Where are the rest?The mismatch between reported production numbers of Covid vaccines in India and the level of daily vaccination seems particularly acute in ...
28 May, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
Government exploring possibility of Covaxin production outside IndiaThe government also intends to take up the matter with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to step up Covaxin production.
21 May, 2021, 04.39 PM IST
Covaxin in Punjab and Kerala freezers till phase-3 trial resultsSpeaking to ET, Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said: “We don’t want to deploy the vaccine right away. Our expert panel of doctor...
15 Feb, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij to be administered trial dose of COVID vaccine Covaxin"I will be administered a trial dose of Coronavirus vaccine #Covaxin a Bharat Biotech product Tomorrow at 11 am at Civil hospital, Ambala C...
19 Nov, 2020, 07.42 PM IST