Vaccine blood-clot side effect puts focus on immune reactionThe pressure is on for governments that want to hasten immunizing millions of people over the next few months to understand the risk and av...
15 Apr, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID vaccine, despite its low efficacy rateCiting officials, Geo News reported that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to ...
09 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Pakistan to import Chinese Cansino COVID vaccine in bulk to package 3 million doses locally: MinisterPakistan expects to receive one million doses of Sinopharm vaccine in a couple of days.
30 Mar, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
Pakistan to start importing CanSino COVID-19 vaccine for commercial sale this weekPakistan will begin receiving shipments of China's CanSino Biologics COVID-19 vaccine this week for commercial sale, an official at the com...
22 Mar, 2021, 12.59 PM IST
China steps up COVID-19 vaccination, considers differentiated visa policiesThat compared with about 65 million doses administered as of March 14, or an additional 10 million vaccinations in less in a week, as the c...
21 Mar, 2021, 03.13 PM IST
China's COVID-19 vaccine production capacity may cover 40% of population by mid-2021: Disease control headThe country's production capacity may also be large enough to allow 70%-80% of its 1.4 billion population to be vaccinated by the beginning...
05 Mar, 2021, 07.34 PM IST
Pakistan approves fourth COVID-19 vaccineChinese company Cansino Biologics Inc's vaccine was approved by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Friday.
13 Feb, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
Pakistan: China to gift half million doses of Sinopharm vaccine"They have said send your aircraft and airlift this vaccine immediately. So this is a happy bit of news for us, and we will hopefully be su...
21 Jan, 2021, 06.29 PM IST
China's COVID-19 vaccine makers apply to join COVAX schemeThe COVAX scheme - led by the World Health Organization and GAVI vaccine alliance - is due to start rolling out vaccines to poor and middle...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
Pakistan to purchase 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's SinopharmChina approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm on Thursday, its first approved ...
31 Dec, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
China to vaccinate 50 million people for Lunar New Year - SCMPChina has granted emergency-use status to two candidate vaccines from Sinopharm and one from Sinovac Biotech. It has approved a fourth, fro...
18 Dec, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
Pakistan approves initial funds to purchase COVID-19 vaccineThe initial phase of vaccinations would focus on providing free shots for frontline health workers and people above the age of 65 years, Fa...
01 Dec, 2020, 10.38 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine front-runner held back by China’s spat with CanadaChinese customs hasn’t approved shipments of CanSino’s vaccine to Canada, the National Research Council of Canada said in a Aug. 26 email. ...
02 Sep, 2020, 08.44 AM IST
Testing of China’s candidate vaccine begins in RussiaThe Ad5-nCoV vaccine already has approval for use by China’s military after early and mid-stage trials, and further late-stage trials are b...
18 Aug, 2020, 12.32 AM IST
No country for Chinese vaccine: China's big drug maker not able to conduct overseas trialsIf history is any guide, domestic use-only could be a path for China: An Ebola vaccine, also jointly developed by CanSino and the military ...
30 Jul, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
China's CanSino in talks for COVID-19 vaccine Phase III trial overseasChina's success in driving down COVID-19 infections has made it harder to conduct large-scale vaccine trials, and so far only a few countri...
12 Jul, 2020, 07.17 AM IST
How a Chinese firm jumped to the front of the virus vaccine raceIn May, CanSino became the first globally to publish a full scientific study on its early human trials, an important step because it allows...
02 Jul, 2020, 10.05 AM IST