Panacea Biotec gets $20 million loan from US government for hexavalent vaccine capacity expansionPanacea Biotec has secured a $20 million long-term loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation to expand its hexavalent ...
12 Sep, 2024, 06.09 PM IST
Whooping cough spreading in China, 13 deaths in 2 months. Symptoms and if a vaccine is thereChina experienced a significant surge in whooping cough cases in the first two months of 2024, with 32,380 cases reported compared to 1,421...
11 Apr, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
Christmas: Britishers advised to adopt 'no hugging or kissing' rule. Everything about it.An eminent virologist has advised the Britishers to adopt the 'no hugging or kissing' rule and use their elbows to greet people during the ...
22 Dec, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
National Vaccination Day: Date, History and Significance of the dayIndia annually celebrates National Immunization Day on 16 March to raise awareness of the value of immunisation.
16 Mar, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
WHO describes measles as an ‘imminent threat’: Here’s what you need to know about symptoms, treatment of the diseaseNearly 9 million people were diagnosed with measles in '21 according to WHO.
09 Dec, 2022, 12.29 PM IST
Panacea Biotec files suit against Sanofi for patent infringement"The suit filed against Sanofi comes at the heels of Sanofi having received marketing approval for a Whole Cell Pertussis based Hexavalent ...
17 May, 2021, 02.48 PM IST
Take note, moms-to-be: Things to know about Covid vaccines if you are pregnantGynecologists feel Covid vaccinations should not be withheld from pregnant women.
14 Jan, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
Panacea Biotec says newly developed vaccine works better than its peersEasySixTM is a fully liquid ready-to-use hexavalent vaccine made using high quality antigens complying to WHO’s cGMP requirements."
29 Mar, 2017, 04.30 PM IST
Massive immunisation campaign launched to cover children against 7 preventable diseasesMission 'Indradhanush' started with a "catch-up" campaign from April to July which will cover all children up to two years and pregnant wom...
07 Apr, 2015, 12.30 PM IST
Government to launch huge media campaign on immunisation from March 23Government will launch media campaign to educate masses on immunisation, ahead of implementing its ambitious health programme - 'Mission In...
16 Mar, 2015, 10.24 PM IST
'Mission Indradhanush' to cover over 1 lakh children in ThaneBeside Thane, the six districts that have been identified for the programme from Maharashtra are Beed, Dhule, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Nanded and ...
13 Mar, 2015, 01.28 PM IST
JP Nadda looks to public representatives for raising awareness of health schemesTowards this end, Nadda said he would soon meet the various MPs to seek their suggestions and views on the implementation of Mission Indrad...
09 Mar, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
Panacea Biotec gets $13.5 million order from PAHOIn a BSE filing, Panacea said it has been elected for the supply of pentavalent vaccine DTP-HepB-Hib by the Pan American Health Organisatio...
04 Feb, 2015, 01.46 PM IST
Mission launched to cover kids against preventable diseasesThe diseases are diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B, an official statement here said.
25 Dec, 2014, 10.12 PM IST
Shantha Biotechnics aims for Rs 500-crore sales from paediatric drug relaunchSanofi, which acquired Shantha Bio in September 2009, said it spent over Rs 1,000 crore ($125 million) to expand production capacities, man...
06 May, 2014, 05.09 AM IST
- Whoop of “Faith”
Faith does not, in fact, need facts. Irrationality does, and it makes use of “facts” selectively or erroneously to make pseudoscientific co...
16 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- GSK in 50:50 JV with Biological E for developing paediatric vaccine
The vaccine would enable fewer injections for children thereby improving compliance in immunisation schedules.
29 Jan, 2013, 01.34 AM IST