AstraZeneca vaccine’s promise now drawn into question

Paris, March 15, 2021 -Hailed as a cheap, easy to store not-for-profit vaccine, the AstraZeneca shot has suffered a growing number of setbacks. In the latest, around a dozen countries have suspended…

ICMR To Study How Long Vaccines Will Give Protection

New Delhi : India’s top health research body is all set to study how long Covid-19 vaccine will protect those who are vaccinated and from transmitting the virus to others. The…

Govt Job as Additional Director General at ICMR

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is an Autonomous Organization under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt, of India. ICMR is dealing with biomedical / health…

Germany, France, Canada & Oz say Astra vaccine is safe

Officials in several European countries, along with Canada and Australia, pushed back on Friday against decisions by others to pause use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine following sporadic reports of blood clots, despite a lack…

‘No Evidence’ Of Blood Clot Risk From Vaccine: AstraZeneca

London (ANI): AstraZeneca (/topic/astrazeneca) on Friday defended its vaccine saying that there was “no evidence of an increased risk” of blood clots, and European and UK medicines regulators have each said the…

Govt Job for Ph.D, M.Pharm, M.Sc for India TB Research Project

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated its flagship program by establishing an “India TB Research Consortium” to advance technology and product development by harnessing interdisciplinary expertise and…

InStem And Curie Institute Scientists Develop Molecular Sensor To Detect Cancer Drugs

Mumbai : The Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (InStem), Bengaluru in collaboration with Curie Institute, Orsay, France, has developed a molecular sensor, which can identify cancer drugs by…

India To Produce J&J Shot As Part Of Quad Initiative

New Delhi : India will manufacture the US-developed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid shot as part of the first Quad vaccine initiative. The project will be financed by Japan and the…

AstraZeneca gets DCGI approval for Osimertinib tablets

AstraZeneca Pharma India has received Import and Market Permission in Form CT-20 (Subsequent New Drug Approval) from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for Osimertinib 40mg/80mg film-coated tablets (Tagrisso). Osimertinib 40mg/80mg film-coated…

Govt Job for Pharmacists at VVCMC

Vasai-Virar under the government’s National Civil Health Mission (NCHM) for the medical health department of Virar Municipal Corporation, temporary posts in the following categories required for civic primary health centers…