Pfizer-BioNTech to seek authorisation for third Covid shot

Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they would seek regulatory authorization for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine. It comes after initial data from an ongoing trial showed a third shot pushed antibody levels…

CDSCO Directs API Manufacturers To File Online Applications For Issuance Of WC Certificate On New SUGAM Portal

Mumbai : The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has directed active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturers to file online applications for issuance of written confirmation certificate (WCC) on the new SUGAM…

Govt Job for MBBS, MD, PG or equivalent in ESIC

Employee’s State Insurance Corporation Limited released Latest Govt Jobs recruitment of 59 vacancies for Senior Resident & Other Posts. Here is a new update from ESIC Recruitment. Employee’s State Insurance Corporation Limited,…

Starch sold as MM medicine

Ahmedabad: While desperate relatives made beelines outside pharmacies for crucial drugs for their loved ones battling mucormycosis, little did they know that the posaconazole drug sold to them under the brand…

‘India likely to grant indemnity to Moderna, soon’

New Delhi: India is close to agreeing to grant protection to Moderna against legal liability which will allow the immediate import of about 7 million doses of the US company’s Covid-19 vaccine, two people in the know told…

File Status Report On Black Fungus Drug Availability: Delhi HC

New Delhi : Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to file a status report on availability and domestic production of a key drug, which is used to treat…

Fake Busters: Honeywell’s Tech To Identify Counterfeit Drugs

Mumbai : The coronavirus pandemic, the biggest public health crisis in recent times, continues to haunt Indians, especially as we remember the plight of critically ill patients and unfortunate deaths in…

Govt Job for B.Pharm, M.Pharm, Pharm.D at NIE – Pay 48,000 pm

The National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE) was established on July 2, 1999 by merging the Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy (CJIL Field Unit), Avadi with the Institute for Research in…

Sputnik will soon be offered at govt vaccine sites: Top official

PUNE: Russian-made Sputnik V will soon become the third Covid vaccine to be made available for free at governmentrun vaccination sites in the country, Dr N K Arora, chairperson of the Centre’s Covid-19 working…

Glenmark to conduct Phase III trial nasal spray meant to treat Covid-19

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals will be conducting a Phase III trial on a nitric oxide nasal spray, which it claims is effective in treatment of Covid-19. The company had sought emergency approval for import…