Syringe companies told to defer supplies as vaccination slowsIn view of the current availability and estimated requirement of syringes for Covid-19 vaccination and Universal Immunisation Programme, it...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.00 AM IST
Quantitative restriction on export in place for certain syringe types for 3 months: Health ministryThe restriction applies to just three categories of syringes, it said and added that syringes are vital to sustain the momentum of the prog...
09 Oct, 2021, 01.26 PM IST
AiSMA expresses concerns over government’s decision to restrict syringe exportRajiv Nath, President, All India Syringes and Needles Manufacturers Association (AiSNMA) urged the government to lift the restriction on no...
05 Oct, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Quickly saturate the first dose coverage among the 18 plus population category: Union Health Secretary Rajesh BhushanBhushan chaired a high-level review meeting and stated states must also focus on the 60 plus age group as the coverage of both the doses in...
04 Sep, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
India Covid Crypto Relief Fund to donate $15 million to UNICEFThe relief fund has also partnered with the Ministry of Health to speed up the deployment of vaccines in the country
27 Aug, 2021, 10.29 PM IST
Samsung importing 1 million syringes for Covid-19 vaccinationThe Low Dead Space (LDS) syringes minimize the amount of drug left in the syringes after an injection, reducing vaccine wastage, and thereb...
26 May, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
Samsung, Vivo pledge Rs 37 crore and Rs 10 crore respectively to fight CovidSamsung said it has pledged USD 5 million (Rs 37 crore) out of which USD 3 million will be donated to the states of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil...
04 May, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
COVID-19: HMD to recruit 500 people to increase syringe production capacity"We currently have extreme shortages of manpower. To reach our target of 100 crore syringes capacity, HMD needs to strengthen our team and ...
01 May, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Bharat Biotech's intranasal vaccine to enter phase I/II trials by month-endVaccine producer Bharat Biotech International (BBIL) could begin phase I/II human clinical trials for its single-dose intranasal vaccine ca...
09 Dec, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
On track to produce 177.6 million auto-disable syringes for government by March: HMD"The front runner COVID vaccines being launched in India would need a 0.5ml AD syringe for intramuscular drug delivery we are informed. In ...
30 Nov, 2020, 04.50 PM IST
Auto-disable syringes are the best option to prevent reuse: HS Ratti, epidemiologist"Companies making these syringes have large capacities. They should be able to supply the desired quantity. There are regular training prog...
30 Nov, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
Covid has given syringe makers an unparalleled opportunity. And a prickly problemSyringe manufacturers are hopeful of meeting the demand arising out of the upcoming Covid vaccination programme, but a lack of clarity on t...
29 Nov, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
Ahead of Covid vaccine, government & companies stock up vials, syringesTo meet that demand, pharma companies, which are working on the potential vaccine candidate for Covid-19, have started tying up with manufa...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.37 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccine supply chain: From syringe to cold storage, how companies are ramping up productionShortages in vaccine and consumables may not be felt in the first few rounds of inoculations. But they are likely to crop up in the followi...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
UNICEF gearing up for 'mammoth operation' to deliver COVID-19 vaccines globallyMore than 350 logistics partners, including air freight operators, shipping lines and global logistics associations participated in the vir...
25 Nov, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
UNICEF to stockpile half a billion syringes by year-end to prepare for COVID-19 vaccinations“As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual ...
20 Oct, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices ships over 56m syringes to Covax facilityThe Covax facility, which seeks to pool in resources to accelerate the development of the promising vaccine candidates for Covid-19 that wi...
02 Oct, 2020, 07.08 AM IST