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90.6% hospital births, 96% plus vaccinations: NFHS-6 reflects India's "accelerated progress" in family health parametersIndia's National Family Health Survey-6 shows significant improvements in maternal and child health. Vaccinations and antenatal care have i...
Centre spent Rs 36,397 crore on procurement of COVID vaccines: GovtIndia's government allocated Rs 36,397.65 crore for providing free Covid vaccines to states and UTs. As of July 29, 2024, 220.68 crore dose...
Omicron-specific mRNA-based booster vaccine launchedIndia has developed its first indigenous mRNA vaccine, GEMCOVAC-OM, using platform technology developed by Gennova and funding from the Dep...
Hester Biosciences gets Rs 60 crore grant from govt to make Covaxin drug substanceHester said its Board has approved the execution of Grantin-Aid Letter Agreement for grant of Rs 60 crore in a phased manner to the company...
Bharat Biotech gets nod for Phase 2/3 trials of intranasal Covid vaccineBBV154 is the first intranasal Covid-19 vaccine to undergo human trials in India. It has now received approval to conduct Phase 2 randomise...
Bharat Biotech's Covid nasal vaccine gets regulator's nod for holding phase 2 clinical trialEarly stage trials of the vaccine candidate, BBV154, has been completed in subjects aged 18 to 60 years, and the doses were found to be wel...
Monthly production capacity of Covishield projected to increase to 120 million doses, Covaxin to 58 million doses: MinisterUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya was responding to a question on the current capacity to manufacture Covaxin and Covishield in the c...
Reliance Foundation, Mumbai municipal corporation to provide three lakh free COVID-19 vaccines to underprivileged“Mass vaccination is now the single biggest weapon to protect people from the virus. We are committed to doing everything we can to ensure ...
Reliance Foundation administers over 10 lakh COVID vaccine doses to RIL employees, family membersSoon after the government opened up vaccination for private companies, Reliance Foundation launched the vaccination drive in April, sources...
Only marginal difference in purchase price of Covishield, Covaxin for Centre: MoS HealthIn fact, the Government of India has been supplying vaccines free of cost to the states/UTs for administration to prioritised beneficiaries...
4 Covid vaccine candidates in human trial stage, 1 in pre-clinical stage, govt tells Rajya SabhaIn a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said Cadila Healthcare Ltd's D...
RIL did not cut salaries of employees amid COVID: Nita Ambani at 44th AGMSpeaking at the 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of RIL, Nita Ambani said, "The Covid-19 pandemic is a humanitarian crisis. It has tested ...
Efforts being ramped up for massive production of vaccines, make them available quickly: DBT SecretaryDepartment of Biotechnology Secretary Renu Swarup said a financial support of Rs 400 crore is being provided to vaccine candidates from Zyd...
Scale up production capacity; government will provide all possible help: PM tells vaccine manufacturersHe also assured all possible support and smooth approval process for the vaccine candidates which are currently under trial phase. The heal...
HGCO19 vaccine candidate: Gennova starts enrolment for Phase 1/2 human clinical trialsThe DBT said it has approved additional funding towards clinical studies of India's first of its kind' mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, HGCO19,...
Indian vaccine makers tap Rs 900 crore government funding schemeIndian vaccine makers such as Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech have appealed to the government to fund the expansion of their vaccine man...
Bharat Biotech seeks govt aid to boost Covid vaccine productionThe company has written to the Department of Biotechnology seeking Rs 100 crore to ramp up its manufacturing capacity.
India looking to be self-reliant in development, production of vaccine against COVID-19While at least five pharmaceutical companies of India are engaged in vaccine development, Serum Institute in Pune has been chosen for mass ...
The quest for a vaccine: Govt mulls 'Mission COVID Suraksha' with Rs 3,000-cr corpusThe proposed mission will also look to ensure that sufficient volumes are manufactured to meet India's COVID-19 vaccine requirement and to ...
Infant Mortality Rate down by 50 per cent between 1990-2012: Government"The probable reasons are lack of manpower in inaccessible areas, inadequate access to social determinants and limited private sector engag...