Centre plans free HPV vaccine for girls under national immunisation programmeIndia is launching a nationwide HPV vaccination program for 14-year-old girls, offering the free and voluntary Gardasil vaccine to combat c...
24 Feb, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
HPV vaccine must be added to Universal Immunisation Programme to cut cervical cancer risk: Parl panelA Parliamentary panel urges swift HPV vaccine inclusion in India's Universal Immunisation Programme to combat cervical cancer, prevalent am...
21 Aug, 2025, 03.03 PM IST
Gemcovac-19: India's first mRNA jab may soon join vaccine driveGennova Biopharmaceuticals submitted the data in the month of April followed by additional data in the month of May. Earlier last month, in...
14 Jul, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
SII’s cervical cancer vaccine: SEC to review HPV jab trial data todayThe subject expert committee (SEC) under the drug regulator will review the trial data of the vaccine that has been developed by Serum Inst...
15 Jun, 2022, 12.25 AM IST
Govt plans to repurpose CoWIN for its Universal Immunisation ProgrammeThe vaccination record under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) is now maintained manually. "Once Co-WIN is repurposed to include t...
27 May, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
National Polio immunisation programme rescheduled, to begin on January 31The President will launch the Polio National Immunisation Day on 30th January by administering Polio drops to some children at the Rashtrap...
14 Jan, 2021, 02.53 PM IST
Govt defers national polio immunisation programmeThe Union Health Ministry has communicated the decision to defer the polio immunisation programme to all states through a letter on January...
13 Jan, 2021, 11.58 AM IST
UNICEF to stockpile half a billion syringes by year-end to prepare for COVID-19 vaccinations“As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual ...
20 Oct, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Not just for children! Here are the vaccines that every adult needs to getAdults too need preventive immunisation against many deadly diseases.
06 Mar, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
Zydus and Pharm Aid Ltd. enter into an exclusive agreement for vaccine technology in RussiaThrough this agreement, Zydus gains access to the public and private market segments in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakh...
19 Sep, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
Government to target 95 per cent immunisation cover by 2016 end: J P Nadda, Health MinisterSeeking to enhance the mission, Nadda sought help of the private sector in developing cost-effective vaccines and for better management of ...
30 Jun, 2015, 08.54 PM IST
WHO using Indian polio network to support Mission IndradhanushMission Indradhanush aims to cover by 2020 all such children, who are either unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine...
03 May, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
- Govt's wait for trial may delay cervical cancer immunisation drive
The government will wait for full clinical trial reports on new vaccines for cervical cancer.
20 Oct, 2009, 01.12 AM IST
- 5-in-1 booster shot for immunisation
The government is expected to upgrade the existing three-in-once vaccine for infants to a five-in-one by the end of the year under the nati...
20 Jul, 2009, 02.31 AM IST
- Vaccine policy set to bring in new watchdog
The government may soon bring in a national policy on vaccines that will create a separate vaccine regulatory authority and also reserve th...
22 Jun, 2009, 12.54 AM IST
- India key market for vaccine makers
The vaccine market, earlier regarded as a commodity sector, is re-emerging as a key revenue generator for the Big Pharma.
26 Mar, 2009, 05.04 AM IST
- New vaccines to be introduced for pneumonia and meningitis
In a bid to revamp the national immunisation programme, the Government will soon introduce new vaccines to protect children from diseases l...
25 Jun, 2008, 01.10 PM IST