Serum To Make Chikungunya Vaccine In India

Saint-Herblain (France), Pune, (India): Valneva SE (“Valneva” or “the Company”), a specialty vaccine company, and Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines by number of doses,…

Student Left Paralysed After Suspected Anti-Rabies Vaccine Overdose

KHAMMAM: Samudra Laxmi Bhavani Keerthi, a class X student, was left paralysed for a suspected overdose of anti-rabies vaccine after she was bitten by rodents 15 times between March and…

1798 Cough Syrup Bottles Seized, 2 Smugglers Arrested

Kaimur:  Police recovered a consignment of banned cough syrup from a car in Kaimur on Thursday. Two people travelling in the car have been arrested. Both the accused have been…

Russia Claims To Have Developed Cancer Vaccine

Moscow:  Russia this week claimed it has developed its own mRNA-based vaccine to treat cancer, which will be available for free to patients from early 2025, according to state-run news…

Three Claiming To Grow Hair With The Help Of Medicine And Oil, Arrested

Meerut:  Police on Wednesday arrested three accused Salman, Imran and Sameer, originally from Bijnor, who claimed to grow hair by applying medicine on the heads of bald people standing in…

India’s First Gene Therapy Offers New Hope For Haemophilia Patients

BHUBANESWAR:  In a significant medical breakthrough, India’s first human gene therapy with a lentiviral vector for severe haemophilia-A has been found to be successful with zero bleeding rate in patients.…

Ballari Maternal Deaths: Karnataka HM Says Will Discuss Possibility Of SIT Or Judicial Probe With CM

Bengaluru:  After five maternal deaths were reported at a hospital in Karnataka ’s Ballari district in November, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao announced on Tuesday that he…

No Proposal To Prohibit Ranitidine In The Country: Govt In RS

New Delhi:  At present, there is no proposal to prohibit the manufacture, distribution and sale of Ranitidine, a medication used to reduce stomach acid, in the country, Minister of State…

Karnataka Govt Merges Dept Of Food Safety With Drug Control Dept

Bengaluru:  In a significant development, the Karnataka government has issued an order merging the Department of Food Safety and Standards with the Drug Control Department. It is now renamed as…

Bavarian Nordic Partners With SII For Mpox Vaccine Production

COPENHAGEN, Denmark:  Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) announced today a license and manufacturing agreement for its MVA-BN® mpox vaccine with Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (“SII”). Under the agreement, the…