India's leading biotechnology company Bharat Biotech expects to launch Covaxin, its indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine, by June 2021. The Hyderabad-based firm on Friday received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct phase 3 clinical trials of its vaccine with certain conditions.
Biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, developing a coronavirus vaccine with the University of Oxford, has got clearance by U.S. regulators to restart a halted trial after concerns about a volunteer falling ill.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday said he would ensure free vaccination for all Americans if elected president in the November 3 election.
Bharat Biotech, a leading vaccine maker which is developing India's own vaccine for coronavirus named COVAXIN said it has successfully completed interim analysis of Phase I and II trials and is initiating Phase-III trials in 26,000 participants.
A Covid-19 vaccine could be available to "all Americans" by early April 2021, US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar said.
The BJP on Thursday released its manifesto for Bihar elections wherein it promised free coronavirus vaccine to all.
The Centre has already indicated that the Covid vaccine would be available early next year, as the stage three trial data for Astra Zeneca candidate vaccine are expected to be ready for scrutiny by end of November or early December.
Scientists from around the world, including India are developing several vaccines that are at different stages of clinical trials. The central government maintains it has started to gear up to take these vaccines to every citizen.
The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average — in a large study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a COVID-19 vaccine is "ready" and going to be announced "within weeks" to combat the deadly disease that has killed over 223,000 Americans, as he debated with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden for the final time before the presidential election.
The Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be tested in India on 100 volunteers, the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's Drug Controller General (DCGI) told Sputnik on Thursday.
Leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech, which is developing India's own vaccine for coronavirus named COVAXIN has got the nod from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct phase 3 clinical trials.
Nineteen lakh jobs, if elected to power, proclaims BJP, as a counter to 10 lakh job offer by RJD. Upping the ante, BJP promises 11 focused dole for the improvised state of Bihar. While most speak of so called development, the first of all the promises, grabs maximum attention.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made a similar announcement of providing free vaccines to every citizen of the state.
The Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine undergoing Phase III clinical trials with British pharma giant AstraZeneca is doing “everything expected” which means good news in the fight against the deadly virus, an independent analysis said on Thursday. The experts say that the novel analysis provides even greater clarity and detail detail how the vaccine successfully provokes a strong immune response.
Clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University will continue in Brazil despite the death of a volunteer, Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said recently.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday announced that his government will provide free COVID-19 vaccine to every citizen of the state, once it is ready and available.
Bihar election 2020: BJP in its election manifesto has promised 19 lakh jobs and free Covid vaccine to all. The BJP is contesting elections in an alliance with Nitish Kumar's JDU.
Writing in The BMJ medical journal, Associate Editor Peter Doshi, said that several Covid-19 vaccine trials are now in their most advanced (phase 3) stage, but what will it mean exactly when a vaccine is declared "effective"?
A volunteer in Brazil's clinical trial of AstraZeneca's experimental coronavirus vaccine has died. The organisers, however, said that the trial would continue.
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