New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): In a first in India, the country's top medical research body is working to create an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) vaccine portal, as a repository for all information related to vaccine development in India. The ICMR vaccine portal would be mad
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): In the development related to the COVID-19 vaccine across the world, only three vaccine candidates are in phase III clinical trials across the globe. These three coronavirus vaccine candidates are from the USA, UK (University of Oxford's vaccine) and Chin
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 15 (ANI): Pharmaceutical major Zydus on Wednesday started human clinical trials of its plasmid DNA vaccine ZyCoV-D -- a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said that the process to develop an indigenous vaccine to combat COVID-19 is as per globally accepted norms to fast-track the vaccine development.
Philadelphia [USA], June 9 (ANI): A team of cancer researchers have applied the strategy of using the tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies and adapted them to identify the 'right protein sequences to target in SARS-CoV-2,' the virus that causes coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The United Kingdom has announced an investment of USD 159.47 million (£131 million) to accelerate the construction of the new centre for vaccine development and establish a rapid deployment facility for vaccine manufacturing this summer.
Geneva [Switzerland], May 17 (ANI): A total of eight vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are in the clinical trial while another 110 are in various stages of development across the globe, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data.
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): The United States on Friday said that is sending many ventilators to India to help the country combat the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday.
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Friday said that the United States will donate ventilators to India to support the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He also said that both the United States and India are cooperating on vaccine development in order
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Premas Life Sciences (PLS) and Codex (previously known as SGI-DNA) today announced a new sales distribution agreement, appointing Premas Life Sciences as the exclusive technology and knowledge distributor of Codex's BioXP 3200 Platform in India.
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): PM CARES (Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations) Fund Trust on Wednesday allocated Rs 3,100 crore for the fight against COVID-19 of which Rs 2,000 crore will be used for the purchase of ventilators, Rs 1,000 crore to aid mi
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the task force on coronavirus vaccine development, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing and took a detailed review of the current status of India's efforts in these areas.