Panacea Biotec gets supply order from UNICEF for oral polio vaccines worth Rs 315 crPanacea Biotec has received a long-term supply order from UNICEF. The order is for bivalent oral polio vaccines. It is valued at USD 35.65 ...
03 Oct, 2025, 03.11 PM IST
Sanofi gets nod for new polio vaccine in IndiaTo ensure that there is no interruption to the availability of IPV vaccines, the French firm has already obtained approvals for IMOVAX-Poli...
05 Apr, 2024, 03.25 PM IST
Bharat Biotech, Bilthoven Biologicals collaborate for oral polio vaccines production, supplyBharat Biotech on Tuesday said it has collaborated with the Netherlands-based Bilthoven Biologicals B.V, a wholly-owned arm of Serum Instit...
02 Apr, 2024, 01.42 PM IST
Three-day pulse polio vaccination drive begins today: Here are all details on booths, timings, and areasA nationwide three-day pulse polio vaccination drive targeting children aged 0 to 5 is underway. Starting on Sunday, mobile teams, transit ...
03 Mar, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
Ensure oral polio vaccine for children on January 17, says Harsh Vardhan"Today, in spite of the fact that virtually all the countries in the world have eradicated polio, two of our neighbouring countries still h...
08 Jan, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
India remains polio free, all vaccines used in government immunisation prog safe: UNICEF, WHOThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk of children getting vaccine derived polio...
11 Oct, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
All about the latest polio vaccine scareFew batches of vaccines of a particular manufacturer in three states have been found contaminated.
05 Oct, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh recalls contaminated polio vaccineIn April 2016, after due recommendations from Global Polio Eradication Initiative, India decided to switch from the trivalent to bivalent v...
05 Oct, 2018, 09.13 AM IST
Act swiftly and decisively to avert a public health crisisReports of the administration of polio vaccines contaminated with type 2 polio virus present a public health concern.
01 Oct, 2018, 05.11 PM IST
After India, other South East Asian countries opting for fractional doses of IPV: WHOWHO said that India became the first country globally to introduce fractional doses of IPV in childhood immunisation programme in eight sta...
12 Jan, 2017, 05.05 PM IST
Safer polio vaccine strains for post-eradication eraScientists have developed a new generation of polio vaccine strains that are both effective and unable to cause the disease in case of an a...
01 Jan, 2016, 04.21 PM IST
Sanofi Pasteur launches injectable inactivated polio vaccineSanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, today announced launch of ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).
04 Dec, 2015, 08.03 PM IST
Government proposes to introduce IPV in its polio programmeIPV is to be given as an additional dose at 14th week along with DPT3 and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV3), Health Minister JP Nadda said.
08 May, 2015, 04.58 PM IST
Visitors from Pakistan will have to take polio vaccine: IndiaIndia announced it would be mandatory for all persons - adults or children - travelling to the country from Pakistan to take an Oral Polio ...
11 Dec, 2013, 06.41 PM IST
UP clerics seek to campaign for Polio vaccination in PakistanClerics from Uttar Pradesh have offered to spread awareness about the benefits of vaccination in Taliban affected areas in Pakistan.
23 Jun, 2013, 03.05 PM IST
Panacea Biotec gets Rs 188 crore order from government for polio vaccinesDrug firm Panacea Biotec today said it has received an order worth Rs 187.61 crore from the government to supply polio vaccines till May 20...
17 Dec, 2012, 02.16 PM IST
- Panacea Biotec withdraws oral polio vaccine from WHO list
Drug firm Panacea Biotec today said it has withdrawn its oral polio vaccine from the World Health Organisation's list of pre-qualified vacc...
05 Mar, 2012, 10.19 PM IST