Moderna says its COVID-19 shot remains 93% effective 4-6 months after second doseThat compares favorably to data released by rivals Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE last week in which they suggested their vaccine's efficacy wa...
05 Aug, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
Moderna vaccine to be available at select hospitals by Mid-JulyLast week, Indian’s drug regulator granted permission to Cipla to import donated doses of Moderna from the US. The vax doses, which are bei...
05 Jul, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
WHO gives Emergency Use Authorisation to Moderna's COVID jabAccording to The Hill, the shot from Moderna joins shots from Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-SK Bio, Serum Institute of India and Janssen on ...
01 May, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
Moderna Covid vaccine efficacy falls slightly to 90% in US trialA company press release did not indicate why efficacy has fallen, but one reason might be the emergence of new variants of concern which ar...
14 Apr, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccines in India in a nutshellThe Drugs Control General of India has permitted emergency use of Covid vaccine Sputnik V with certain conditions, clearing the way for a t...
13 Apr, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Coronavirus vaccine efficacy: What does it mean?Pfizer-Biontech and Moderna recently announced the first interim efficacy analysis of their Covid-19 vaccines. The financial markets cheere...
04 Mar, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
Swiss drugs regulator approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccineSwitzerland has been a second-wave coronavirus hotspot, with infections totalling some 500,000 and deaths rising by dozens daily to more th...
12 Jan, 2021, 07.00 PM IST
How does AstraZeneca's vaccine compare with Pfizer-BioNTech?Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford University's home-grown UK COVID-19 vaccine, adding an easy...
31 Dec, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
COVID-19: Moderna submits vaccine data to obtain emergency use authorisation"Moderna's data for the emergency use authorisation request for mRNA-1273 has been submitted to the US FDA," Moderna tweeted on Monday.
01 Dec, 2020, 09.55 AM IST
Moderna to seek US, EU emergency authorization after COVID-19 vaccine 94.1% effectiveModerna also reported a 100% success rate in preventing severe cases. The filing sets Moderna's product up to be the second vaccine likely ...
30 Nov, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
After varied efficacy data, AstraZeneca to conduct fresh clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccineAstraZeneca/Oxford said this week it would assess why its vaccine candidate generated better efficacy at a lower dose. The statement came a...
27 Nov, 2020, 07.01 AM IST
3 Covid vaccines’ efficacy higher than flu shotsAnthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert in the US, had said the over 90% efficacy of Pfizer vaccine candidate ‘is just extraordinary’ ...
24 Nov, 2020, 07.46 AM IST
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine efficacy would look higher if trial tested for severe virusSpeaking in a briefing, Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said it is hard to explain the different efficacy rates betwe...
23 Nov, 2020, 03.54 PM IST
Price of our Covid vaccine lower than Pfizer and Moderna's: Sputnik V Twitter account"Translating pharma lingo: the announced price of Pfizer of USD 19.50 and Moderna of USD 25-USD 37 per dose actually means their price of U...
22 Nov, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
India in dialogue with Moderna, other biotech firms over progress in COVID vaccine development: SourcesModerna on Monday said the independent National Institutes of Health-appointed Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the Phase 3 study of...
17 Nov, 2020, 01.51 PM IST
India's likely to get access to Moderna's coronavirus vaccine via COVAX facilitySince Moderna received funding from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which is a part of COVAX, India may get dos...
17 Nov, 2020, 01.46 PM IST
Moderna closes in on release of COVID-19 vaccine dataModerna said the information is being prepared for submission to the trial's independent data safety monitoring board, which will look at t...
12 Nov, 2020, 08.34 AM IST