Appealed to govt to reduce booster gap to 6 months, says SII's Adar Poonawalla“We have 200 million doses of Covishield lying with us and it is available for boosters. It is available for exports and we are slowly movi...
12 Apr, 2022, 04.55 PM IST
Third shot challenge: GoI must spend more to expand availabilityStudies have indicated that a different booster increases protection for those double-dosed with viral vector and inactivated vaccines. Oth...
09 Apr, 2022, 10.04 AM IST
Expect Centre to continue vaccination programme, supply of COVID-19 vaccines: HCThe Delhi High Court Wednesday said it expected the Centre to continue the National Vaccination Programme and supply of vaccines against CO...
10 Nov, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
AstraZeneca working on vaccine to prevent and cure Covid: MD Gagandeep SinghAnglo-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca has mobilised research efforts to advance the development of a novel coronavirus-neutralising long...
21 Sep, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
188 crore Covid vaccine doses required to inoculate 18-plus population: GovtIn a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on whether the present Covid vaccine manufacturing firms have the capacity to produce t...
20 Jul, 2021, 03.39 PM IST
Bharat Biotech: Covaxin to Centre at Rs 150 per dose not sustainableFundamental business reasons ranging from low procurement volumes, high distribution costs and retail margins among few others contribute t...
16 Jun, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
Private hospitals may cut back on offsite vaccination camps“Unfortunately, the cap of service charge at Rs 150 will not cover the additional costs incurred for such offsite vaccination camps which i...
09 Jun, 2021, 06.51 AM IST
Delhi govt has written to Dr Reddy's for 67 lakh doses of Sputnik V vaccine: Arvind KejriwalKejriwal's announcement came after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia earlier this week claimed that Covaxin manufacturer Bharat Biotech ...
15 May, 2021, 09.58 PM IST
Shares of Dr. Reddy's Labs jump 5% after DGCI approves DRDO's 2-DG drugShares of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories soared 5 per cent to Rs 5422 on Monday. The scrip was closed at Rs 5173.55 in the previous session. Howe...
10 May, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
Why Covid vaccination of all adults would remain a tough ask for India amid a raging pandemicVaccinating all adults, some 90 crore Indians, is fraught with multiple challenges. These include a massive shortage of jabs, friction betw...
01 May, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
Bombay HC refuses to hear PIL seeking uniform rate of COVID-19 vaccinesThe public interest litigation (PIL), filed last week by Mumbai-based advocate Fayzan Khan and three law students, had challenged the diffe...
29 Apr, 2021, 01.10 PM IST
Covishield price for states slashed from Rs 400 to Rs 300 per dose: Adar PoonawallaThe SII, which is India's largest vaccine manufacturer, had earlier priced Covishield at Rs 400 per dose for the state governments and Rs 6...
28 Apr, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
Maharashtra may get supply of 'Covishield' only after May 20: Rajesh TopeThe Pune-based SII, the world's largest vaccine maker in terms of volume, has announced a price of Rs 400 per dose for its 'Covishield' vac...
27 Apr, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
View: India’s new vaccine strategy is bad economicsAfter the current spike has peaked, people will still need to be inoculated at a rapid pace to flatten the curve and avert a third buildup....
27 Apr, 2021, 01.28 PM IST
The ₹623.75 billion question: How soon can India vaccinate enough of the population to make a difference?Both Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech have announced the price of their vaccine to be supplied under the liberalised schem...
27 Apr, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
No response from Centre to demand for uniform vaccine rate: Rajesh TopeHe also said that the Serum Institute of India has informed that it can provide Covishield vaccine to the state only after May 24 as the Ce...
23 Apr, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
Budget 2021: Big leg-up for healthcare, major move on vehicle scrapping to tackle pollutionThe areas of focus will be preventive and curative healthcare as well as well being, she said. The allocation is likely to be around Rs 2,2...
01 Feb, 2021, 02.40 PM IST