Ensure no wastage of Covid vaccines, swap near expiry vials with long expiry ones: Centres to statesAdditional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Vikas Sheel recently wrote to states and UTs on the issue of near expiry vaccines availab...
03 Mar, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
Confusion continues over extension of Covaxin shelf life; private hospitals in Bengaluru in a fixIn November, Bharat Biotech had said Covaxin vials have proven stability beyond six months and could be used for up to 12 months from the t...
25 Dec, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
View: Shouldn't we be using markers to prevent losing vaccine vials to heat damage?Covid vaccines have been the centre of all our attention. However, only China's Sinopharm has reportedly labelled its vials with monitors t...
08 Aug, 2021, 11.28 PM IST
Every Indian will be vaccinated against Covid by December: Union minister Shekhawat"We have been constantly working on increasing the production and availability of vaccines, and will have each Indian vaccinated by Decembe...
23 May, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
India's largest vial maker expects sales to triple on COVID-19 vaccine ramp upSerum Institute of India, which makes AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot, is planning to produce 100 million doses a month from July, up from 70 m...
20 May, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
Covid vaccine wastage of 1o states higher than national averageThe national average is 3.06%. In the red are 10 states, including the high caseload states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Pu...
16 May, 2021, 08.24 AM IST
Vaccine paucity: Maharashtra suspends vaccination for 18-44 age group"There is no sufficient supply of vaccine vials by the Centre for inoculation of above 45 age group people. Hence, the state cabinet decide...
12 May, 2021, 10.23 PM IST
FDA authorises 2 changes to Moderna's vaccineThe agency said late on Thursday that it approved new vials from Moderna that can contain up to 15 doses each, compared with the original v...
02 Apr, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
Fear over Covaxin unfounded, Harsh Vardhan tells ChhattisgarhIn response to Chhattisgarh health minister's letter, health minister says vaccines are safe; vials have expiration date. ET had first repo...
11 Feb, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Five or six doses? Controversy over Pfizer vaccine vialsPfizer has revised higher its production target for this year from 1.3 billion doses to 2 billion. While part of that reflects plans to fur...
27 Jan, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Once COVID-19 vaccine vial opened, it needs to be used fully within four hours: Senior doctorsThe first batch of Oxford COVID-19 Covishield vaccine had reached Delhi's central storage facility at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital...
19 Jan, 2021, 08.16 PM IST
First lot of COVID-19 vaccine vials to arrive in Kolkata on TuesdayThe first consignment of over 10.5 lakh vials of COVID-19 vaccines will be reaching Kolkata from Pune on Tuesday, a senior official of the ...
12 Jan, 2021, 08.28 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccine: Each vaccine vial, with 10 doses, must be used within 4 hours of openingFor instance, some vaccines under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) can be used for about four weeks after the vial is opened (for...
11 Jan, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
EU reviews BioNTech request for 'extra dose' of virus shotIn an email to The Associated Press, the European Medicines Agency said that BioNTech, which developed its vaccine together with Pfizer, ha...
31 Dec, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
Delhi airport has storage capacity of 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine vials at any given time: CEOVideh Kumar Jaipuriar, the CEO of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), said at a press briefing that the vaccine distribution progra...
22 Dec, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Ahead of Covid vaccine, government & companies stock up vials, syringesTo meet that demand, pharma companies, which are working on the potential vaccine candidate for Covid-19, have started tying up with manufa...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.37 AM IST
Pfizer may leverage European approval to pneumonia vaccine in Indian marketNew York-headquartered pharmaceutical giant is likely to leverage its latest European approval for multi-dose vials of pneumococcal vaccine...
07 Apr, 2016, 01.01 AM IST