State-owned BIBCOL set to begin production of Bharat Bio's Covaxin by February 2022The government is now betting on Indian Immunologicals to boost Covaxin production this year as Haffkine Bio-Pharma managing director Sande...
Covaxin output may hit 100 million doses per month by November“For Covaxin, we will see a significant (production) ramp-up of more than double in August-September, when the doses manufactured by Bharat...
Why it is not that easy for other vaccine makers to just start producing CovaxinExplaining the need for a BSL-3 facility to make Covaxin, Dr Rakesh K Mishra, former director and now advisor of Centre for Cellular and Mo...
Reports of delay in licensing for Covaxin 'factually incorrect': Govt"There have been reports in a section of the media followed by some uninformed tweets alleging delay in licensing for Covaxin and delayed a...
Maharashtra may have over 2,000 cases of Mucormycosis: TopeThe state government has decided to select hospitals attached to medical colleges for treatment of Mucormycosis patients as it demands a mu...
Apply the law to accelerate Covaxin output: India has enough legal provisions to make it happen, say expertsBharat Biotech had issued a statement saying, “Capacity expansion has been implemented across multiple facilities... to reach 700 million d...
Covid-19: It may take Haffkine 12 months to start producing Covaxin“Any vaccine is a biological product and has to be produced with the utmost precaution of biosafety,” Sandeep Rathod, CEO of Haffkine Bio-P...
Govt aims for 6-7 crore Covaxin doses/month by July-AugustThe state-run Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) will manufacture the drug on the basis of transfer of technology. “The government of India w...
Haffkine Institute gets nod to produce CovaxinThe Maharashtra government had sought permission from the centre in March seeking the Centre’s nod in getting Haffkine to have a deal with ...
PM meet: Maharashtra CM seeks more vaccination centres, Haffkine nodMaharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday sought approval for starting more vaccination centres to expedite inoculation in t...
Maharashtra plans clinical trials of TB vaccine BCG to treat Covid-19The 121-year-old institute’s trial is intended for patients who are moderately ill with Covid-19 and is likely to be carried out in small b...
With Covid-19 count at 32, Maharashtra expands healthcare facilitiesMaharashtra has reported 32 positive cases of novel coronavirus so far. Health Minister Rajesh Tope assured people that new laboratories wi...
Private labs earn crores from H1N1 hysteria in MumbaiPrivate laboratories in the city made staggering profits as around 15,000 panicstricken citizens spent over Rs 8.25 crore on H1N1 tests.
Homoeopathy research showcase at World Summit may spell new hope for HIV, tuberculosis patientsIn a pioneering two-year long study, city-based homoeopath Dr Rajesh Shah has developed a new medicine for AIDS patients, sourced from huma...
Government okays advanced, Rs 450 crore cancer therapy centreApart from the Hadron Therapy Centre, a cancer hospital for children and women would be developed as part of the project.
- Tata Hospital to get five-acre Haffkine Institute land
Maharashtra Cabinet today approved a proposal to allot five acres of land owned by the Haffkine Institute to Tata Memorial Hospital to buil...
7-month-old is Mumbai's third swine flu victimA seven-month-old girl died of swine flu here on Tuesday, becoming the third casualty of the disease in the metropolis.