Germany sets no limits on use of J&J COVID-19 shotGermany's vaccine committee, known as STIKO, has limited the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot to those aged 60 and above due to the risk ...
24 Apr, 2021, 08.42 AM IST
EXPLAINER: What we know about AstraZeneca blood clot reportsEarlier in March, more than a dozen countries, including Germany, suspended their use of AstraZeneca over the blood clot issue.
31 Mar, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
German cities suspend AstraZeneca vaccine use for under-60sThe decision came after the country's medical regulator announced that it had received a total of 31 reports of rare blood clots in recent ...
30 Mar, 2021, 07.18 PM IST
Political role under fire in European AstraZeneca vaccine suspensionsAstraZeneca says it has found no evidence that the blood clots were caused by the vaccine. The World Health Organization called on countrie...
17 Mar, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
Germany, Italy, France to halt AstraZeneca shots, further hitting EU vaccination campaignThe Health Ministry said the decision was taken as a "precaution" and on the advice of Germany's national vaccine regulator, the Paul Ehrli...
15 Mar, 2021, 09.41 PM IST
Norway probes 23 elderly patients' death after Pfizer vaccinationDoctors in Norway have been asked to conduct more thorough evaluations of very frail elderly patients in line to receive the Pfizer-BioNTec...
16 Jan, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
German vaccine institute praises efficacy of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccineSpeaking during an online press briefing, the president of Germany's Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), Klaus Cichutek, said there had been some...
14 Jan, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
Germany sees rapid EU approval of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccineGermany expects the European Union to give rapid approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca that wa...
30 Dec, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
German institute says coronavirus vaccinations could start in early 2021The head of Germany's vaccines regulator said some groups of people living in Germany could be vaccinated early next year against the coron...
19 Aug, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
TB vaccine shows encouraging results against coronavirus in phase-3 clinical trialsVPM1002, a tuberculosis vaccine, is showing encouraging results against the coronavirus infection in phase-III clinical trials being conduc...
14 Aug, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
Germany hits back over US virus vaccine interest"Germany is not for sale," economy minister Peter Altmaier told broadcaster ARD, reacting to a front page report in Welt am Sonntag newspap...
16 Mar, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
Coronavirus outbreak: The global mask shortage may get much worseBefore Covid-19 outbreak, China produced about half of the world’s output of masks, as per state media Xinhua.
11 Mar, 2020, 06.17 AM IST
Cryptocurrency companies use 'backdoor' listings to ease into mainstreamThe effort is all about trying to legitimise digital currency operations and the reputation.
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Glenmark's novel antibody GBR 1302 to enter clinical trialsGlenmark has completed the pre-clinical evaluation for its bi-specific antibody GBR 1302 and filed the phase I trial application for the sa...
15 Sep, 2015, 05.06 PM IST
New drug to combat measles developedVirus levels were significantly reduced when infected animals received the drug by mouth. The drug also prevented the animals from dying of...
17 Apr, 2014, 02.34 PM IST
Time for gene revolution: If we are to save India from starving, we must embrace GM cropsGM (Bt) Cotton has brought spectacular benefits to India’s farmers and to the nation’s economy. India could and should continue to lead the...
16 Jan, 2013, 12.06 PM IST
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