Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
14 May, 2026, 06.53 AM IST
US market today: Pfizer posts strong first-quarter, sees boost from recent legal winsPfizer reported higher-than-expected sales and profit on Tuesday and said a patent extension for its Vyndamax heart drug and a recent favor...
05 May, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
Government to bar placebos in trials of new Covid jabsThe new protocol will have to be followed by vaccine makers like Gennova and others who are yet to start Phase III clinical trials of their...
21 Aug, 2021, 06.36 AM IST
Biological E gets nod for Phase III trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidateIts candidate includes an antigen developed by the Texas Childrens Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and in- licensed from BCM Ventur...
24 Apr, 2021, 06.37 PM IST
Coronavirus vaccine efficacy: What does it mean?Pfizer-Biontech and Moderna recently announced the first interim efficacy analysis of their Covid-19 vaccines. The financial markets cheere...
04 Mar, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
13,000 volunteers administered 2nd dose of Covaxin in phase-3 trials: Bharat BiotechCovaxin is India's totally indigenous COVID-19 vaccine developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and National ...
22 Jan, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Phase 3 trial of Covaxin to begin in Haryana on Nov 20, Anil Vij offers to be first volunteerBharat Biotech had on Monday said the Phase 3 trial of Covaxin will involve 26,000 volunteers across 25 centres in India and is being condu...
18 Nov, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
Serum says made 40 mn doses of AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine, to make Novavax shot soonSerum said it has enrolled 1,600 participants in India for late-stage trials of AstraZeneca's candidate, and also plans to seek regulatory ...
13 Nov, 2020, 08.12 AM IST
Pfizer Inc's CEO offloaded 62% of his stock holdings post Covid-19 vaccine trial success announcementIn an SEC filing on late Tuesday, Bourla disclosed that he has sold 62 per cent of his stock holdings, or 1,32,508 shares, at $41.94 per sh...
12 Nov, 2020, 11.14 AM IST
India health authorities betting on AstraZeneca, Bharat Biotech vaccines“India will have to focus on the indigenous vaccines and the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine. These vaccines are being tested in the India popul...
10 Nov, 2020, 11.55 PM IST
Bharat Biotech to launch Covaxin in Q2 2021The company's vaccine candidate -Covaxin- has been developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National...
01 Nov, 2020, 11.49 AM IST
Fighting the Covid battle: India gets sites ready for Phase-3 vaccine trialsCurrently India has six different vaccine platforms that target different mechanism, and each have benefits of their own mostly in terms of...
20 Jul, 2020, 07.01 PM IST
WHO recommends a ‘solidarity trial’ to speed up vaccineParticipants will be enrolled continuously during the trial and vaccine candidates that are not working will be dropped from testing.
09 May, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
Pune firm plans to ready 20-40 million Covid 19 vaccine shots for launch by Sept-OctPune-based Serum Institute, credited with affordable and innovative therapies like pneumonia and dengue monoclonal vaccines, plans to price...
27 Apr, 2020, 10.14 AM IST
Serum Institute to start manufacturing Oxford University's COVID vaccine in 3 weeks; launch by October if trials succeed"Our team has been working closely with Dr Hill from Oxford University, and we are expecting to initiate production of the vaccine in 2-3 w...
26 Apr, 2020, 01.56 PM IST
- Zydus applies for Phase II & III H1N1 vaccine trials
The race amongst Indian swine flu vaccine-makers seems to be moving to the next level with Cadila Healthcare Ltd, the Rs 2,900-crore Zydus ...
03 Mar, 2010, 06.36 PM IST
- Govt lets GSK test H1N1 vaccine
The government has decided to let Anglo-American drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to do ‘quick’ experiments of its swine flu vaccine on Ind...
02 Sep, 2009, 01.01 AM IST