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DCGI sends show cause notice to Serum Institute for not pausing trial of
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Drugs Regulator General of India (DCGI) has issued a show-cause notice to pharma giant Serum Institute of India (SII) asking for an explanation as to why the ongoing clinical trial of Covishield vaccine candidate has not been suspended till doubts
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Russia in talks with India, drug manufactures for production of Sputnik-V
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Russia is in close dialogue with the Indian government and the leading drug manufactures of India regarding the localization of production of Sputnik V vaccine in India, said Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Friday.
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In a first, India frames Prescribed Minimum Essential Specifications for C
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): In a first in India, the technical expert committee at the Union Health Ministry created Prescribed Minimum Essential Specifications for "Make in India ventilators" to be used in COVID-19 ICU, a senior health ministry official said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: AIIMS administers first dose of COVID-19 candidate vaccine `Cova
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday administered the first dose of country's first indigenous vaccine candidate `Covaxin' to a 30-year-old man as part of efforts to combat COVID-19.
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COVID-19: AIIMS to start clinical trial of indigenous vaccine Covaxin from
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Ethics Committee on Saturday gave its approval for conducting the human clinical trial of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin.
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Health Ministry directs Bihar, Odisha, WB, Assam to suppress covid transmi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], July 18 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has directed the government of Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam to take necessary steps to suppress COVID-19 transmission as well as to keep case fatality rate below 1 per cent.
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Pharma giant Zydus Cadila initiates clinical study on 1,048 volunteers for
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Indian pharmaceutical giant Zydus Cadila has initiated the phase 1, 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of coronavirus vaccine candidate by intradermal (injection) route in 1,048 subjects after the pharma company got approval from D
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Progressive decline in daily growth rate of new COVID-19 cases: Health Min
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday informed that the daily growth rate of newer coronavirus cases is declining each day. Till July 12, the Central government has recorded daily the growth rate for newer cases at 3.24 per cent.
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DCGI approves Itolizumab injection for restricted emergency use on COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) granted its permission to Itolizumab injection for the restricted emergency use on COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) due to virus.
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DCGI permits human clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine of Zydus Cadila
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Thursday granted permission to pharma giant Zydus Cadila to conduct phase I and phase II human clinical trials for COVID -19 vaccine, a top government official told ANI.
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NCDC to conduct sero-surveillance study focusing on 20,000 households in D
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to conduct a sero-surveillance study in all 11 districts of Delhi focusing on as many as 20,000 households on a random basis including individuals below 18 years of age. The survey is expected to start
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Health Ministry issues fresh clinical management protocol for COVID-19 pat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry issued a fresh clinical management protocol for COVID-19 patients on Saturday. As per the latest protocol, the health ministry has described the use of investigational therapies--Remdesivir, Convalescent plasma, Tocilizumab, and
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