Covid-19: Why you may be vaccinated but still not fully safeNearly 30% of those vaccinated against Covid in India may not be as safe as they think. Multiple studies show protection offered by two dos...
01 Apr, 2022, 11.12 AM IST
Study shows booster dose of Covaxin has neutralising effect on Omicron, Delta variants: Bharat BiotechThe study conducted at Emory University demonstrated that subjects who received a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) six months after getting...
12 Jan, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
Sales of immunity boosters soar amid rise in casesAccording to doctors, as the Covid-19 cases start to increase, people start taking immunity boosters as a precautionary measure, as they se...
11 Jan, 2022, 09.43 AM 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
Snacking and Cold Beverages outperformed expectations: KantarThese segments saw huge panic buying during the first wave last year when consumers hunkered down in their homes due to coronavirus-related...
18 Nov, 2021, 09.05 PM IST
No need for a Covid booster shot now if people behave, says AIIMS Director Guleria"If you look at data emerging from outside where there is still a surge in the number of cases, you find that if the people are vaccinated ...
31 Oct, 2021, 08.09 AM IST
Moderna chief executive sees pandemic over in a year: Newspaper"If you look at the industry-wide expansion of production capacities over the past six months, enough doses should be available by the midd...
23 Sep, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
Immunity and nutrition food products flying off the shelvesCompanies are ramping up production, blocking capacities for raw material and increasing marketing spends for categories such as chyawanpra...
31 May, 2021, 08.07 AM IST
Second Covid wave spells good news for sales of hygiene products and immunity boostersWholesaler Metro Cash & Carry India said there is 60% surge in demand for honey, chyawanprash, green tea, neem and tulsi drinks in last 15 ...
08 Apr, 2021, 08.06 AM IST
Patanjali’s Coronil not WHO certified or approved; no traditional medicine certified by WHO for Covid curePatanjali Ayurveda managing director Acharya Balkrishna also tweeted that the GMP compliant Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (CPP) to ...
22 Feb, 2021, 09.21 AM IST
With immunity on mind, nutraceutical becomes key wordThe demand peak is now flattening as people are getting used to living with the virus, said industry executives, but sales are more than do...
26 Nov, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
Kunnath Pharmaceuticals launches antiviral herbal product across IndiaThe aim is to sell 25 lakh packets of the product in the first year, 50 lakh packets in the second year and 1 crore in the third year acros...
05 Nov, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
Immunity boosting chapatis, tea, among eight products developed by startups to combat Covid-19Deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan, who holds the IT portfolio, launched the products on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister’s...
06 Aug, 2020, 04.33 PM IST
Fighting Coronavirus: Foods claiming to boost immunity under FSSAI lensThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is looking into the veracity of claims by makers of such products and will take ac...
27 Jul, 2020, 09.01 AM IST
Traditional drug companies begin immunity trialsCompany executives said clinical trials will be carried out on asymptomatic and suspected patients of Covid-19 to test the efficacy of immu...
10 Jun, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
Hamdard Labs to conduct clinical trials of immunity booster medicines against COVID-19The company has submitted the proposal for required permission from the concerned authorities and the clinical trial will be conducted at H...
26 May, 2020, 03.42 PM IST
Health products get a boost as desis look to build immunityProducts such as olive oil, soya oil, mustard oil, fortified bread & biscuits, and powdered chocolate drinks are in huge demand. During nor...
26 May, 2020, 11.43 AM IST