Data required for suggesting mixing of COVID-19 vaccine:GovtThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has granted permission to the Christian Medical College, Vellore to conduct phase-I...
29 Mar, 2022, 04.13 PM IST
Trial of new oral drug against COVID-19 begins in South AfricaSouth Africa has been struggling with its plans to achieve the herd immunity through vaccinations, with widespread vaccine hesitancy, large...
16 Dec, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
Serum Institute may face delay in Covovax launchIndia’s drug regulator has asked for the immunogenicity data from Serum Institute as the vaccine is not yet appoved by the US FDA.
09 Sep, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
Apollo hospitals MD calls Covaxin, Covishield combination results 'encouraging'Covaxin contains dead virus of Covid which triggers the immune system to draw up a defense system against Covid while Covishield is vector ...
09 Aug, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
Mix of Covishield, Covaxin yields better results, finds ICMR StudyThe study titled ‘Serendipitous COVID-19 Vaccine-Mix in Uttar Pradesh, India: Safety and Immunogenicity Assessment of a Heterologous Regime...
08 Aug, 2021, 07.04 PM IST
Zydus vaccine under close review, approval likely to get delayedZydus had applied for emergency use authorisation (EUA) for its vaccine on July 1, but it is yet to be taken up by the subject expert commi...
17 Jul, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
Indian makers of Sputnik V may seek waiver for local Phase-3 trialsOne of the six, Hetero Biopharma, had last fortnight obtained clearance from the subject expert committee under India’s drug controller to ...
17 May, 2021, 09.17 PM IST
Covaxin safe, may be superior to similar vaccines: LancetIndia’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, codenamed BBV152, is safe, immunogenic and has no serious adverse effects, medical journ...
10 Mar, 2021, 09.44 AM IST
During pandemic, vaccine’s restricted use considered based on safety, immunogenicity data: ICMR chiefDrugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, an...
05 Jan, 2021, 09.15 PM IST
DCGI approves SII's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for restrictive use in emergency situationThe subject expert committee had given conditional nod to both the vaccines and these were awaiting the drug regulator's approval.
03 Jan, 2021, 11.58 AM IST
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine produces immune response among elderly and young, AstraZeneca saysA vaccine that works is seen as a game-changer in the battle against the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 1.15 million people,...
26 Oct, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
Serum Institute of India gets approval to start human trials for Oxford vaccineEarlier this week, a committee of experts had deferred a decision on the request of SII to start trials and asked the company to amend its ...
01 Aug, 2020, 06.37 AM IST
Serum Institute asked to resubmit trial protocol for Oxford vaccine; eight changes suggestedSII's Oxford vaccine is one of the front runners in the fight against Covid-19. On July 20, researchers at the University of Oxford publish...
30 Jul, 2020, 07.16 AM IST
Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial: Expert panel defers Serum Institute’s proposalAccording to the minutes of the meeting, the SEC has asked Serum to distribute clinical trial sites pan India, demarcate the phase II and P...
29 Jul, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
Human trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidate important milestone for Atmanirbhar Bharat: DBTZydus Cadila's move to begin human trials of its indigenously developed vaccine candidate for COVID-19 is an important milestone for an 'At...
16 Jul, 2020, 02.55 PM IST
Expect Covid vaccine human trial to be completed in 3 months: Zydus Cadila Chairman‘We did a detailed 28-day toxicity study in two different animal species’
03 Jul, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
Hilleman Laboratories begins clinical trials of rotavirus vaccineHilleman Labs received approvals to conduct phase I and II clinical trials for the two vaccines in recent weeks from Directorate General of...
28 Apr, 2016, 03.54 AM IST