Govt allows Serum Institute to export 50 lakh Covishield doses under COVAX to four nationsSII will commence Covid vaccine export under the COVAX programme from November 23 and Nepal will receive the first lot of Covishield on Nov...
21 Nov, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
SII urges govt to fast-track movement of increasing Covishield stockPrakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at SII, is learnt to have recently communicated to the Union Health Minist...
21 Nov, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
I got Covishield from India, says Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th UN General AssemblyHe was responding to a question on whether any COVID vaccine should be recognised and considered or the ones that have been validated by th...
02 Oct, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Majority of Indians experience no or mild side effects post 2 doses of Covid vax: SurveyCommunity social media platform LocalCircles said that according to its nationwide survey, "70 per cent of Indians after taking the first d...
25 Aug, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
SII won't seek special marketing nod from EU body for vaxUK drug company, AstraZeneca, which developed the vaccine with Oxford University, has asked the regulator European Medicine Agency (EMA) to...
06 Aug, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
AstraZeneca wants Serum Institute of India listed as manufacturing site“We have requested the addition of Serum Institute of India as an alternative manufacturing site on the Vaxzevria licence,” an AstraZeneca ...
19 Jul, 2021, 07.09 AM IST
Serum Institute seeks 'Green Pass' approval for Covishield, applies to European agencyResponding to queries from ET, an EMA spokesperson confirmed on Monday that Covishield does not have marketing authorisation. "Even though ...
29 Jun, 2021, 09.24 AM IST
Approval to Covishield would be considered should we receive marketing authorisation application: EU agencyThe EU Digital COVID certificate or 'Green Pass' will be mandatory to travel to European countries and the document is likely to serve as p...
28 Jun, 2021, 10.58 PM IST
EU Green Pass: SII applies to EMA for inclusion of Covishield in approved jabs listThe EMA, which is the agency of the European Union responsible for the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products, has approved only ...
28 Jun, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
Will be able to manufacture, supply 10 crore Covishield doses in June: Serum Institute to Centre"We are pleased to inform that in June we will be able to manufacture and supply 9 to 10 crore doses of Covishield to the country as compar...
30 May, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
Already booked online appointments for 2nd Covishield dose to remain valid, announces governmentThe Union government has reiterated to the states/UTs that online appointments booked for second dose of Covishield prior to this change of...
16 May, 2021, 08.29 PM IST
Covishield comprises over 90 per cent of 12.76 crore COVID vaccines administered so farGiving details, of the 127,605,870 COVID-19 vaccination jabs administered till now, 11,60,65,107 are of Covishield while 1,15,40,763 are of...
21 Apr, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
SII seeks Government's nod to give 50 lakh Covishield doses to UK, says won't affect India's vaccination driveIn a communique to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday, the Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Pune-based Se...
23 Mar, 2021, 08.32 PM IST
Govt places new purchase order with SII for 10 crore doses of Covishield vaccineIndia has approved two vaccines against COVID-19 -- Covishield, manufactured by the SII, and the indigenously-developed Covaxin of Bharat B...
16 Mar, 2021, 08.37 PM IST
For phase 2, govt buying Covishield cheaper at ₹157.5India began its Covid immunisation drive with health and frontline workers on January 16. The current phase, which began on March 1, is aim...
11 Mar, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
Govt places second purchase order with SII for 1 crore doses of CovishieldHLL Lifecare, a public sector undertaking, on behalf of the Union health ministry issued the supply order in the name of Prakash Kumar Sing...
03 Feb, 2021, 11.13 PM IST
Bharat Biotech, SII approach DCGI for using COVID vaccine on those using blood thinners: ICMR DGOxford COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and indigenously developed 'Covaxin' of Bharat Biotech ha...
29 Jan, 2021, 09.47 AM IST