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Safety Paramount: WHO on Johnson & Johnson halting COVID-19 vaccine tr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) believes that safety in research is crucial and is pleased to see developers acting by the rules, the WHO spokesperson told Sputnik regarding Johnson & Johnson suspending its vaccine trials.
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GoM mulls strategy for COVID vaccine availability, distribution by July 20
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Group of ministers (GoM), headed by Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, met on Tuesday to discuss the current national and international scenario of SARS-CoV2 virus and strategies that are to be adopted for availability and distribution of vaccines
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Bangladesh rejects Chinese COVID vaccine trials
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 13 (ANI): The clinical trial of an experimental Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech in Bangladesh is now uncertain as the health ministry refused to co-financing the initiative as requested by the Chinese drugmaker.
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Johnson & Johnson pauses vaccine trial after volunteer falls ill
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announced on Monday that it has paused the advance clinical trial, ENSEMBLE, of one of its vaccines after an unexplained illness was found in one of the volunteers.
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WHO expects to see COVID-19 vaccine by end of 2020 at earliest
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that a vaccine against the coronavirus disease will be ready for registration by the end of 2020 or early next year at the earliest, Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO chief scientist, said on Monday.
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Mexico pays advance to guarantee purchase of COVID-19 vaccine through COVA
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], October 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexico has paid an advance of 159.8 million US dollars to guarantee the purchase of a successful vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) through the COVAX initiative, the Mexican foreign ministry reported on Saturday.
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Submit previous trial data for Covaxin before rolling out phase III: Drug
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): The expert panel at Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has asked drug maker Bharat Biotech to submit safety and immunogenicity data from ongoing phase II trial in order to conduct phase III clinical trial of indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, C
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India, US, Australia, Japan call for coordinated response to challenges li
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New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday participated in the second India-Australia-Japan-US ministerial meeting in Tokyo where the foreign ministers called for a coordinated response to the challenges including financial problems emanating from t
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DCGI directs Dr Reddy's lab to furnish fresh protocol to seek approval for
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New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): In the latest development, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) expert panel has directed the pharma giant Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) to submit a revised protocol for performing phase 2,3 clinical trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine (Sputnik
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Therapeutic, diagnostics and vaccines for whole world only way out of pand
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New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Therapeutic, diagnostics and vaccines for the whole world is the only way out of this pandemic, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.
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Government plans to administer 40-50 core Covid-19 vaccine doses to 20-25
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): The government plans to receive and utilize 40-50 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover 20-25 crore Indians by July 2021, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.
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Dr Reddy's Laboratories seeks DCGI permission to conduct Phase III trials
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Indian pharma giant Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has submitted an application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for its approval to perform Phase III clinical trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India, a government officia
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