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Must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs amid COVID-19: Har
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): As Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan completed his tenure as the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, he said that there is no scope for industries to stick to intellectual property rights (IPR) of COVID-19 vaccines and that o
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DCGI waiver likely to bring foreign vaccines like Pfizer, Moderna a step c
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has done away with specific trials of COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by other international regulatory bodies - a big move likely to clear the way for foreign vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna for the
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Drive-in COVID-19 vaccination facility launched in Indore
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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI): To give a boost to the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination programme, the administration in Indore on Tuesday launched a drive-in vaccination facility for people above 45 years of age.
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Vaccination centres at Pakistan's Rawalpindi report shortage of China's Si
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Numerous vaccination centres in Pakistan's Rawalpindi are reporting a shortage of China's Sinopharm vaccine, amid an ongoing Covid-19 inoculation drive in the country.
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Haffkine Bio-Pharma hopeful of Covaxin production in 8 months, targets 22.
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 2 (ANI): Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (HBPCL), a Maharashtra government undertaking, is preparing for mass production of Covaxin and will have capacity to produce over 22 crore doses of the COVID-19 vaccine every year once the requisit
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Canada recommends mixing, matching of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], June 2 (ANI): Canada on Tuesday recommended mixing and matching of AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
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Nepal receives 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 2 (ANI): Nepal on Tuesday received a consignment of 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China on grant basis as per the commitment made during talks between Presidents of the two nations.
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Russia's single-dose Sputnik Light can be new hope to fasten COVID vaccina
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): There is a possibility of a speedy launch of single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light in India, and an application seeking regulatory approval for the jab is expected to be filed soon, the sources said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: WHO approves emergency use of China's CoronaVac vaccine
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday approved the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac for emergency use, the second Chinese vaccine to receive the global health body's green light.
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Committed to help India in fighting dangerous virus, sent another shipment
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Continuing its support to India to fight the COVID-19 surge, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that another shipment of Sputnik V vaccine has been sent to India as Russia is committed to help Indian friends in these difficult times.
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BRICS backs India-South Africa's COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver proposal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): BRICS on Tuesday extended their support for a temporary global waiver on patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines and also reiterated the need for sharing of vaccine doses, transfer of technology, development of local production capacities and supply chains fo
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Biological E ties up with Canada's Providence to produce mRNA COVID-19 vac
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 1 (ANI): Biological E. Limited has tied up with Canada's Providence Therapeutics to locally manufacture its mRNA coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, the Hyderabad-based company announced on Tuesday, adding it will run a pivotal trial in India, and seek
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