Sanofi gets nod for injectable Polio vaccineThe announcement comes a day after ET reported that the company had ceased production of its ShanIPV vaccines in India, which may lead to a...
There can't be shortage of Polio vaccine; Serum Institute can make it: CEO Adar PoonawallaPune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is prepared to increase production of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) to fill the gap left...
Polio vaccine shortage looms over India with Sanofi plants' shutdownAn impending crisis looms over India's supply of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) as French drugmaker Sanofi has shut down its manufa...
Are companies bribing doctors to push vaccine combos?Paediatricians question these huge price increases with the addition of just one more vaccine.
Panacea Biotec partners Serum Institute for hexavalent vaccineThe vaccine is a combination of six antigens to protect against six dreaded diseases - Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Haemoph...
Novel patch can better deliver polio vaccines: StudyKendall said,"ease of administration, coupled with dose reduction observed in this study suggests that the Nanopatch could facilitate inexp...
Panacea Biotec says newly developed vaccine works better than its peersEasySixTM is a fully liquid ready-to-use hexavalent vaccine made using high quality antigens complying to WHO’s cGMP requirements."
After India, other South East Asian countries opting for fractional doses of IPV: WHOWHO said that India became the first country globally to introduce fractional doses of IPV in childhood immunisation programme in eight sta...
Government allays concerns on polio; says India remains polio-freeHealth Ministry said the detected polio virus strain, which was was found in a sewage sample collected near the Secunderabad railway statio...
Sanofi Pasteur launches injectable inactivated polio vaccineSanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, today announced launch of ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).
Injectable vaccine to prevent re-emergence of polio launchedHealth Minister JP Nadda said that though India was certified polio-free on March 27, 2014, the battle against polio is not over yet.
Universal Immunisation Programme one of the largest world health projects : Nagaland minister P Longon"With the introduction of IPV and Pentavalent vaccine a child will be provided added protection against poliovirus and haemophilus influenz...
Government proposes to introduce IPV in its polio programmeIPV is to be given as an additional dose at 14th week along with DPT3 and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV3), Health Minister JP Nadda said.
Pakistan plans to vaccinate three million children against polioIPV will be administered to children at end of November as a supplementary dose while Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) will be given to them as per...
Injectable polio vaccine to be part of immunisation programmeAs against 17.8% of global population and 20 per cent of child birth, its share of newborn deaths was 28% and TB cases 25%.
- Panacea Biotec, an Indian pharma firm launches polio vaccine POLPROTEC in Nigeria
To make the vaccine easily available, Panacea Biotec is partnering Emzor pharma which has a strong footprint across Nigeria.
- Indian pharma firm 'Panacea Biotec' launches drug against polio in Nigeria
A leading Indian pharmaceutical company has launched a polio vaccine, POLPROTEC in Nigeria to help combat the spread of polio in Africa's t...