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Drug regulator urges Pfizer to apply for COVID-19 vaccine launch in India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The Indian drug regulator has urged Pfizer twice in writing to apply for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine so that the application is processed well in time but Pfizer has not applied for the license yet, said sources on Tuesday.
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Bharat Biotech's Covaxin shows 77.8 pc efficacy in Phase III trials, say s
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has shown 77.8 per cent efficacy after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) under the drug regulator reviewed its Phase III trials data on Tuesday, according to sources.
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DCGI's expert panel to review Phase III data of Covaxin today
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) under the drug regulator will discuss reviewing the Phase III data of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin on Tuesday.
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UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID shot for 12-15 year-olds
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): United Kingdom's drug regulator on Friday informed that it had approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for use on 12 to 15 year-olds after similar clearances were given in the US and the EU.
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Efficient manufacturing system needed to lower cost of Monoclonal antibody
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The cost of Monoclonal antibody therapy, which was recently approved by India's top drug regulatory body for treatment of COVID-19, can be lowered if a very efficient system for its manufacturing is developed, said Dr Nirmal K Ganguly, former Director-General
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Regulatory body in Pakistan rushes to register Pfizer vaccine after shipme
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) is rushing to register the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, after a shipment with 100,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in the country, under the COVAX initiative, without any clearance.
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Pak Cabinet approves highly expensive prices for COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 22 (ANI): The Federal Cabinet in Pakistan has approved the highly expensive prices recommended by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for COVID-19 vaccines imported by private companies.
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Canada approves Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], March 6 (ANI): Canada's drug regulator on Friday (local time) approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine.
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Covax firms urge DCGI to change fact sheet on blood thinners: ICMR chief
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): India's drug regulatory body has received requests from both Pune based Serum Institute of India and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech to make necessary changes in the vaccine fact sheet to allow people using blood thinners to get inoculated against Covid-19
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COVID-19: Pakistan authorises emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Drug Regulatory Authority has approved the emergency use of the Russian-made vaccine against the coronavirus disease, Gam-COVID-Vac, commonly known as Sputnik V.
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Pakistan approves Chinese Sinopharm COVID -19 vaccine for emergency use
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Monday approved Chinese state-owned firm Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the second vaccine to be given approval for use in the country, reported Dawn.
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When Indian scientists do something for public welfare, Congress has probl
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): After the drug regulator of the country gave in principle approval for restricted emergency use to two indigenously made vaccines, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra on Monday said that when India's scientists develop things for public
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