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AstraZeneca CEO says COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by end of year despite
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot on Wednesday expressed hopes that a vaccine against the novel coronavirus developed by the pharmaceutical company would be ready by the end of 2020 or early 2021, despite having to pause clinical trials.
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US, Moderna in deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): The United States has made an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Moderna to deliver 100 million doses of their novel coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, said President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
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SII enters into new partnership to accelerate manufacture, delivery of COV
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The Serum Institute of India (SII) has entered into a new landmark partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to accelerate the manufacture and delivery of up to 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for India and l
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US to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion for 100 million doses of Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 23 (ANI): The U.S. has agreed to pay Pfizer and BioNTech SE nearly $2 billion to secure 100 million doses of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine to provide to Americans free of charge, reported The Wall Street Journal.
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UK signs deals to buy 90 million doses of two coronavirus vaccine candidat
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 20 (ANI): The UK government has signed agreements to buy 90 million doses of two promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
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US left with 63 million doses of anti-malarial drug after FDA revoked its
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): The US federal government is now left with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQ) in its stockpile after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this week, revoked the permission for use of anti-malarial drug in treating COVID-19
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Covid-19 fallout: SII signs deal with Astra Zeneca to manufacture vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Adar Poonawalla, CEO and Owner, Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday announced that his firm has signed a deal with Astra Zeneca to supply one billion doses of vaccine for low and middle-income countries before the end of 2020 to combat coronavirus.
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Four or more dosage of HCQ showed significant decline of covid19 among hea
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Citing noteworthy benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prophylaxis against coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that the consumption of four or more doses of the antimalarial drug- (HCQ), has shown a significant decline of C
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Govts, drugmakers under pressure to roll out effective COVID vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 18 (ANI): Governments and drugmakers are considering ways how to roll out effective coronavirus vaccines and build capacity to make millions of its doses available in the United States starting as soon as this fall. Yet there isn't a guarantee that any of the most
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Under 'Operation Warp Speed' Trump hopes for COVID-19 vaccine by end of ye
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Friday said that the United States will be able to deliver a few hundred million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, under 'Operation Warp Speed', by the end of this year.
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Trump administration failed to scale up in time to distribute COVID-19 dru
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 15 (Sputnik/ANI): There are not enough doses of the coronavirus trial drug remdesivir because the Trump administration failed to ramp up production and lacks a distribution plan, former government vaccine developer Rick Bright said on Thursday.
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Here's why finding a COVID-19 vaccine won't be enough to end the pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 13 (ANI): Medical experts have warned that the volume of vaccine available to fight the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 in coming years is expected to fall far short of global demand, despite an unprecedented effort to manufacture billions of doses.
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