UAE says Sinopharm vaccine has 86% efficacy against COVID-19An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm has 86% efficacy against the virus, the United Arab Emirates health mini...
09 Dec, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
UK to run final stage trials of Janssen coronavirus vaccineDr. Saul Faust, who is helping lead the study, said the research will start first in Britain but aims to recruit a total of 30,000 people i...
16 Nov, 2020, 08.42 AM IST
Moderna on track to report COVID-19 vaccine data this monthHopes of the world soon getting an effective vaccine were raised on Monday after Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effectiv...
12 Nov, 2020, 11.52 AM IST
Novavax on track to begin U.S. trial of COVID-19 vaccine this monthThe company also said the vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, had gained the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "fast-track" status and that expected da...
09 Nov, 2020, 09.07 PM IST
Dubai ruler joins coronavirus vaccine trialTwo vaccines are undergoing third-phase trials in the UAE, one produced by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm, and Russia's Sputnik-V, named afte...
03 Nov, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
GSK, Sanofi to make 200 mn doses available for COVID-19 vaccine allianceCOVAX aims to deliver 2 billion vaccine doses around the world by the end of 2021, and more than 180 nations have joined the plan. The Unit...
28 Oct, 2020, 11.51 AM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech start combined trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidate in JapanThe study will recruit 160 people aged 20 to 85, the companies said in a statement.
20 Oct, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
China's experimental COVID-19 vaccine appears safe: StudyIn a Phase 1 trial of 191 healthy participants aged between 18 and 59, vaccination with the group's experimental shot showed no severe adve...
07 Oct, 2020, 10.09 AM IST
UK tests if COVID-19 vaccines might work better if inhaledBritish scientists are beginning a small study comparing how two experimental coronavirus vaccines might work when they are inhaled by peop...
14 Sep, 2020, 06.41 PM IST
Pause in AstraZeneca vaccine trial not necessarily a setback, says UK health ministerAstraZeneca Plc said it had paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unex...
10 Sep, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
J&J to start mid-stage coronavirus vaccine trials in 3 European countries next weekSpain, which has western Europe's highest tally of coronavirus cases, is also working with AstraZeneca via the European Union's vaccine pro...
28 Aug, 2020, 05.35 PM IST
UN: Discussions with Russia on experimental COVID-19 vaccine under wayLast week, Russia became the first country in the world to license a coronavirus vaccine when President Vladimir Putin announced its approv...
20 Aug, 2020, 05.32 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
Brazil tests covid-19 shot, without deal to use it if it worksBrazil is testing an experimental coronavirus vaccine, but interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello acknowledged Tuesday that the governmen...
24 Jun, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Chinese researchers launch phase-2 human test for possible vaccineAbout a dozen vaccines are in different stages of human tests globally, as the World Health Organization warns the coronavirus pandemic is ...
21 Jun, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
Vaccine leader signs deal for 1 billion Covid-19 doses a yearModerna’s experimental shot induces the body’s own cells to make virus-like proteins that stimulate an immune response and prepare for an a...
02 May, 2020, 12.09 AM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech to co-develop potential coronavirus vaccineThe drugmakers will start the collaboration immediately and have signed a letter of intent for the vaccine's distribution outside China, th...
17 Mar, 2020, 11.42 AM IST