India to play vital role in equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world: Pharma industry
New Delhi: With vaccine rollout beginning in some countries, the world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic is looking to India for the large-scale production and supply of coronavirus vaccines as…
WHO Launches Covid-19 App To Counter Pandemic Misinformation
New Delhi : The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a mobile application to provide users with the latest updates on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Called the WHO Covid-19 app,…
Zydus Cadila seeks approval to begin phase III trials of COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D
Zydus Cadila, an innovation driven global pharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing NCEs, novel biologicals, biosimilars and vaccines, announced that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19, ZyCoV-D was…
Cipla Seeks Approval To Modify Remdesivir Composition To Reduce Renal Toxicity
Mumbai : The Mumbai headquartered pharma giant Cipla has sought approval from the subject expert committee (SEC) at the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to modify Covid-19 drug remdesivir’s composition…
Building Immunity: Ensuring Holistic Health and Wellness in Winter
New Delhi: Starting from winter 2019 to winter 2020, the world at large has been reeling under the unprecedented health crisis, which the COVID-19 has brought in. This winter has…
Vaccination of Indians against Covid may start in January: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: India may begin vaccinating people against Covid-19 in January and the government’s first priority has been safety and efficacy of the vaccine, health minister Harsh Vardhan has said. “I personally feel may be in…
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New Delhi: The ease in travel restrictions has come as a respite for patients travelling from across borders. Some patients have had to suffer for almost 10 months due to…
Orissa High Court Unearths Fake Medical Certificate Racket For Bail Pleas
CUTTACK : Even as the courts are taking a liberal approach to granting bail with the intention of econgesting jails in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, some bail seekers seem to…
AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine Still Under Review: UK Drug Regulator
Mumbai/ New Delhi : The UK’s drug regulator, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is still reviewing the AstraZeneca/ Oxford vaccine, which has implications for Serum Institute of India’s (SII)…
US FDA Advisory Committee supports EUA for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
Moderna confirmed that the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended that the FDA grant an emergency use authorisation (EUA) for the…
