NTAGI has found Corbevax efficient as a booster, govt may soon recommend it: Drug Controller General of IndiaThe National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) which reviewed the data of Corbevax earlier had found significant antibody re...
04 Aug, 2022, 01.01 AM IST
Covid panel to decide today on inclusion of Gennova's mRNA jab in vaccine driveThe experts will review its data for its use as a standalone vaccine and will also weigh its benefits as a booster shot and take a decision...
20 Jul, 2022, 12.28 AM IST
NTAGI to decide on including Corbevax as a booster dose in inoculation drive"We will review the data of Corbevax in our next meeting slated to happen this month and evaluate if mix and match of vaccines can be allow...
07 Jul, 2022, 11.59 PM IST
Corbevax may soon get nod to be used as fresh boosterIndia's drug regulator on Saturday granted approval to Hyderabad-based Biological E's Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax to be allowed as a booster ...
07 Jun, 2022, 12.01 AM IST
Corbevax gets DCGI nod as heterologous Covid booster dose for adultsThe vaccine can be administered after 6 months of administration of primary vaccination (two doses) of Covaxin or Covishield vaccines for r...
04 Jun, 2022, 11.18 PM IST
Biological E seeks EUA for Corbevax as booster in adults vaccinated with Covishield, CovaxinThe Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI) had already approved Corbevax, India's first indigenously developed RBD protein subunit vaccin...
11 May, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
Covid: Govt unlikely to allow different vaccine as boosterA study showed that if the booster is the same as the first two doses, it boosts immunity well, but when the booster dose is different, the...
11 May, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
Covishield offers longer immunity than mRNA jabs, says Adar PoonawallaPoonawalla, ET's Business Leader Of the Year for 2021, was optimistic that final approvals for administering Covovax to children would come...
29 Apr, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
NIE plans study on booster for those with comorbiditiesThe Indian Council of Medical Research's NIE has proposed to conduct phase-2 safety and immunogenicity study specifically on people with co...
20 Jan, 2022, 06.44 AM IST
Biological E to hold trials of its Covid vaccine as booster shotChristian Medical College (CMC), Vellore has said that it is conducting a study to test the efficacy of a booster dose on those who have re...
30 Dec, 2021, 07.04 AM IST
Covovax better booster for Covishield-vaccinated people: Dr Shahid Jameel, VirologistIndia is gearing up to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic as the Omicron variant of the virus, which is said to be mu...
29 Dec, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
Government may go for mixing vaccines for booster doses; move based on a soon-to-be-released study"One could give an additional dose of the same vaccine but the results aren't as good as when the jabs are mixed," a senior government offi...
27 Dec, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
There's no doubt, number of Omicron cases will go up in India: Dr Shahid JameelIn an interview with ET, Dr Shahid Jameel warns that Covishield, which most Indians have got, will not be very effective as a third booster...
19 Dec, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
Booster dose increases antibodies, improves protection against Omicron, say scientistsThe Health Ministry told the Lok Sabha last week that the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) and the Nat...
12 Dec, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
Serum Institute seeks DCGI's approval for Covishield as booster doseIn an application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Prakash Kumar Singh, the Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at ...
01 Dec, 2021, 07.27 PM IST
No talk of Covid booster shots yet, plan to jab adult population first: Niti Aayog member VK PaulIn response to the chairman of the Serum Institute of India, Cyrus Poonawalla, emphasising the necessity for a third or booster dosage of C...
22 Aug, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
Antibodies fall against Delta, may require booster: ExpertsThe ICMR study has indicated a 4.5-fold and 3.2-fold reduction in neutralising antibody levels against the Delta variant in those who were ...
07 Jul, 2021, 10.27 AM IST