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ICMR set to start multi-centric study to evaluate efficacy of BCG vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is all set to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the BCG vaccination in preventing morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 in elderly individuals between 60 to 95 years of age living in COVID-19 hots
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Need for mandatory serial number, barcode and systems driven traceability
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A community engagement and social media platform has written to the Union Health Ministry suggesting that the government should make it mandatory for pharmaceutical manufacturers to implement serial numbers, bar codes and systems-driven end to end traceabili
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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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Russian COVID-19 Vaccine developers ready to share data with Foreign Colle
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 18 (Sputnik/ ANI): Russia's Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology has produced a coronavirus vaccine that is patented and more advanced than Western competitors and will be happy to share the technology with foreign colleagues, should they require, the ins
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Human trial of COVID-19 vaccine begins at PGI Rohtak
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], July 17 (ANI): Human trials of Covaxin, India's first vaccine candidate against coronavirus, began at Post-Graduate Institute (PGI) of Medical Sciences in Rohtak on Friday.
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UK says Russian hackers trying to steal Covid-19 vaccine research
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): A Russian hacking group has been targeting organisations working on possible coronavirus vaccines in the UK, US and Canada, an international group of security services said on Thursday.
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World's first phase III clinical trial of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine beg
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 16 (WAM/ANI): The first World Health Organisation (WHO) enlisted global clinical Phase III trial of Sinopharm CNBG's inactivated vaccine to combat COVID-19 has started in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and has been inspired by the UAE Leadership's vision and comm
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Obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe influenza, COVI
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from a viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee Health Science
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COVID-19: Tamil Nadu gives nod to ICMR for studying BCG vaccine's efficacy
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 15 (ANI): In view of the coronavirus outbreak, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has given approval to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for studying the efficacy of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine on senior citizens at its National I
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Members of parliamentary panel on Home seek details of progress on COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): A meeting of parliamentary panel on Home was held on Wednesday with members seeking affordable and easy availability of drugs used in the treatment of coronavirus patients.
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Reliance Foundation partnering with govt for mega-scale COVID testing acro
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 15 (ANI): Reliance Foundation is partnering with the government and local bodies for conducting mega-scale Covid-19 testing across the country and will volunteer for nationwide distribution of its vaccine when it is found, its Founder and Chairperson Nit
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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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