Fighting Covid: Should you mix or match your booster shot and how should you decide which one to pick?Many people are confused about whether they should switch vaccines for the booster dose or stick with the one they know.
04 Nov, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
US authorization of AstraZeneca vaccine could come in April: OfficialCollins estimates that the FDA would need about three weeks to analyze the trial data, after which an expert advisory panel will meet and v...
15 Mar, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
Approval of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine another milestone in US' fight against pandemic: Joe BidenModerna's COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273 on Friday became the second drug in the US to get emergency use authorisation from the US FDA, a week ...
19 Dec, 2020, 11.02 AM IST
US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nearsThe Food and Drug Administration said in documents posted online that its initial review confirmed the effectiveness and safety of the vacc...
15 Dec, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
US buys additional 100 million doses of Moderna vaccineThe agreement brings the total number of Moderna doses bought by the US to 200 million, enough to immunize 100 million people with the two-...
12 Dec, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
Price of our Covid vaccine lower than Pfizer and Moderna's: Sputnik V Twitter account"Translating pharma lingo: the announced price of Pfizer of USD 19.50 and Moderna of USD 25-USD 37 per dose actually means their price of U...
22 Nov, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
Volunteers still needed to test variety of COVID-19 vaccinesModerna Inc. and competitor Pfizer Inc. recently announced preliminary results showing their vaccines appear more than 90% effective, at le...
17 Nov, 2020, 10.38 PM IST
Moderna vaccine trial contractors fail to enroll enough minorities, prompting slowdown: SourcesTo make up for the shortfall, Moderna slowed enrollment of its late-stage trial and instructed research centers to focus on increasing part...
06 Oct, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
AstraZeneca CEO says COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by end of year despite pause in trialsEarlier this week, the UK-Swedish company reportedly froze the trials after discovering that one participant was sick with transverse myeli...
11 Sep, 2020, 09.30 AM IST
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine reaches phase 3 clinical trials in US, says TrumpAstraZeneca is one of the leaders in the race to develop COVID-19 vaccine. Other companies that have COVID-19 vaccines in phase 3 trials in...
01 Sep, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test in AmericaFinal-stage testing of the vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., began on Monday with volunteers at num...
28 Jul, 2020, 09.38 PM IST
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine could be ready for use by end of year, US saysThe trial is the first such late-stage study under the Trump administration's program to speed development of measures against the novel co...
27 Jul, 2020, 11.44 PM IST
Moderna phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial could still begin in JulyThe Moderna vaccine candidate is an RNA-based vaccine designed to help the body produce antibodies that protect against Covid-19.
03 Jul, 2020, 06.43 PM IST
Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine raceRace for the vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works.
29 Jun, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
US begins first human trial of coronavirus vaccine: OfficialsThe vaccine is called mRNA-1273 and was developed by the NIAID scientists and their collaborators at the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc...
17 Mar, 2020, 09.36 AM IST
As pressure for coronavirus vaccine mounts, scientists debate risks of accelerated testingStudies have suggested that coronavirus vaccines carry the risk of what is known as vaccine enhancement, where instead of protecting agains...
11 Mar, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
Health authorities expect coronavirus spread on US soilOfficials are also worried the outbreak poses a threat to the security of the US drug supply chain because a high proportion of ingredients...
26 Feb, 2020, 07.19 AM IST