Countries with lower income faced 'systemic racism' in global Covid response: ReportA combination of undersupply of vaccines and treatments, underfunding of health systems, undervaluing of health workers, and poor adaptatio...
26 Aug, 2022, 10.10 AM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second: AnalysisThe Alliance estimates that the trio will make pre-tax profits of $34 billion this year between them, which works out to over $1,000 a seco...
16 Nov, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
Serum likely to start vaccine supplies to Covax this weekIn an interview to ET in October, SII chief executive Adar Poonawalla said that large exports would start from January, whereas small expor...
16 Nov, 2021, 07.11 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccines have spawned nine new billionaires, says campaign groupThe alliance, a network of organisations and activists campaigning for an end to property rights and patents for inoculations, said its fig...
20 May, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
BJP president Nadda lauds states ruled by BJP, allies for providing free vaccines to allUnder the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nadda said, the world's largest vaccination drive started on January 16 and till now ...
04 May, 2021, 03.24 PM IST
AstraZeneca delivers 68 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in first quarterThe Anglo-Swedish drugmaker on Friday reported $275 million in revenue from sales of the vaccine, or the equivalent of $4.04 per dose. Astr...
30 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Google pledges funds for 250,000 vaccinations & vaccine delivery in low, middle income countriesGoogle is also helping to fund pop-up vaccine sites in the US and committing an additional $250 million in Ad Grants to connect people to a...
15 Apr, 2021, 07.47 PM IST
WHO says surplus AstraZeneca vaccines in rich nations must go to poor countriesWHO said there is an acute shortage of vaccines and most countries did not have any doses to cover frontline workers such as healthcare sta...
11 Apr, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
WTO boss seeks boost for COVID-19 vaccine production, gets backingNgozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who was until recently chair of the board of global vaccine alliance GAVI, took on ...
10 Mar, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
India seeks funds from Quad alliance to match China's vaccine push-sourceBeijing has committed to provide at least 463 million doses of its home-made COVID-19 vaccines through exports and donations across the wor...
08 Mar, 2021, 02.01 PM IST
India may need to spend $1.8 billion on COVID-19 vaccines in first phase, documents showIndia, which has the world's second highest caseload of coronavirus behind the US, plans to inoculate 300 million people over the next six ...
17 Dec, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Expert group, vaccine makers to discuss timelines and moreThree Covid-19 vaccine candidates are in various phases of clinical trials in India. Covaxin by Bharat Biotech and the DNA vaccine of Zydus...
15 Aug, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
UK government strikes 90 million dose deal for two potential COVID-19 vaccine candidatesIf the vaccines are found safe and successful in clinical trials, both could be delivered to the UK in mid-2021 and would be given first to...
14 Aug, 2020, 06.48 PM IST
Signing up for Covax will give India access to many vaccines: Soumya SwaminathanBilateral deals are not a way to optimise the situation, World Health Organization’s chief scientist told, adding: “WHO is discouraging cou...
03 Aug, 2020, 07.04 AM IST
India's keen to join WHO-Gavi vaccine alliance in bid to keep supply cost effectiveAt the meeting with government officials, representatives of Gavi, which is a global vaccine alliance, made a presentation on how the Covax...
23 Jul, 2020, 06.55 AM IST
AstraZeneca agrees to make COVID-19 vaccine for EuropeAstraZeneca plans to begin delivering the vaccine to European countries by the end of this year under the agreement with the Inclusive Vacc...
14 Jun, 2020, 11.27 PM IST
- Sanofi-Aventis buys Shantha for Rs 3,740 cr
The deal between Sanofi its French owners Meriuex Alliance values the unlisted Indian company at Rs 3,740 crore, or about eight times its p...
28 Jul, 2009, 02.36 AM IST