Britain approves Moderna's COVID shot for children aged six and olderThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the approval was granted after Moderna's vaccine, known as Spikevax, me...
14 Apr, 2022, 06.51 PM IST
UK approves Valneva's Covid-19 vaccine"An approval has been granted after the Valneva Covid-19 vaccine was found to meet the required safety, quality and effectiveness standards...
14 Apr, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
British PM Johnson says AstraZeneca's India COVID shot should be accepted in travel schemesAbout 5 million people in Britain are thought to have had the vaccine made by Serum Institute in India, known as Covishield.
02 Jul, 2021, 07.25 PM IST
Serum Institute confident of European drug regulator nod for Covishield in a monthPoonawalla said SII has applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) through AstraZeneca. "The process has to take its time. An approval ...
01 Jul, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine may soon get regulatory approval in IndiaModerna has also informed that the US Government has agreed to donate a certain number of doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine through COV...
29 Jun, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines may soon be available in IndiaThe Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has done away with specific trials of COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by other inter...
02 Jun, 2021, 03.06 PM IST
UK regulator to fast-track vaccine updates to combat new Covid variantsMHRA said this is because authorised COVID-19 vaccines that are modified in response to new variants will not need a brand new approval o...
04 Mar, 2021, 10.06 PM IST
AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine still under review: UK drug regulatorThe subject expert committee in India is awaiting a nod from the UK's regulator to sign off on the marketing authorisation for SII to deliv...
19 Dec, 2020, 06.54 AM IST
India in touch with UK drug officials on Oxford Covid-19 vaccine: Vaccine Task Force Committee“India’s drug regulator is in touch with UK drug authorities on the approval progress of the AZ/Oxford vaccine trial,” Vinod Paul, head of ...
15 Dec, 2020, 09.10 AM IST
World watches as first-mover Britain probes adverse reactions to Pfizer vaccineOfficials from around the world are keen for British authorities to give them as much information as possible about the two reported cases ...
11 Dec, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
UK drugs regulator defends fast pace of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approvalWith Britain transitioning out of the European Union, the UK regulator obtained an exemption from the EU's medicines agency, which has stre...
04 Dec, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
How the world has sped up vaccine approvalsAs authorities in the US and Europe probe other candidates, here is how countries have sped up their approval procedures to face up to the ...
03 Dec, 2020, 03.50 PM IST
Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine: Path ahead in UKThe country's state-run National Health Service (NHS) will be charged with conducting the mass vaccination programme over the subsequent we...
02 Dec, 2020, 11.26 PM IST
UK PM Johnson says hopes vaccines will be approved before ChristmasThe Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will get approved in the course of the next few days and weeks, asserted the...
30 Nov, 2020, 09.53 PM IST
UK poised to be first to approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccineClearance is possible as soon as early next week, according to a person familiar with the situation, who asked not to be identified because...
30 Nov, 2020, 12.08 AM IST
Oxford vaccine: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw seeks quick regulatory processing after UK nodShe cited reports according to which the UK's medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) is likely to grant EUA by mid Dece...
25 Nov, 2020, 04.07 PM IST
UK regulator reviews Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccineThe joint vaccine, produced by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech, had recently claimed to be 94 per cen...
23 Nov, 2020, 10.18 PM IST