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TB and Polio vaccines being considered to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): As the world waits for the coronavirus vaccine, scientists, in meantime, are evaluating two tried-and-true vaccines for Tuberculosis and Polio to see if they can offer limited protection against the coronavirus.
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Shrinking rate of fresh covid infections creates bizarre problem for vacci
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 11 (ANI): The shrinking number of new infections in former coronavirus hot spots, including Britain, China and many of the hardest-hit regions in the United States, may be a good news, of course, but researchers who are rushing to develop vaccines in a global race to ward o
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Panacea Biotec to collaborate with US-based Refana Inc for COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Biotechnology major Panacea Biotec said on Wednesday it is collaborating with Refana Inc of the United States to make a COVID-19 vaccine widely accessible around the world in an equitable manner through a joint venture company to be based in Ireland.
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Tremendous progress being made on COVID-19 vaccines, says Donald Trump
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said that tremendous progress is being made on vaccines (for coronavirus) and the country has over "two million ready-to-go if it checks out for safety."
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India donates USD 15 million to international vaccine alliance GAVI
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India on Thursday pledged to donate USD 15 million to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI).
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Combating COVID-19: AICTE, CSIR embark on drug discovery hackathon
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have embarked on a drug discovery hackathon to fight against COVID-19, said Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to Gove
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Confident that COVID-19 vaccine will be available by next year, says Harva
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Harvard Professor Ashish Jha on Wednesday said that three vaccines are showing promising results in the fight against coronavirus and expressed confidence that there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by next year.
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Combating COVID-19: CSIR working on 10 different vaccines, drug trials
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Three drug trials to combat COVID-19 have started and seven are in the process, said Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General (DG) Dr Shekhar C Mande on Thursday.
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Panasonic pledges 200 million yen for research, development of therapies a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], May 21 (ANI): Offering its full support to the collaborative effort between Osaka University, Osaka Prefecture, and others currently undertaking research and development into COVID-19 therapies and vaccines, Panasonic Corporation announced that it is pledging 200 million yen t
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Combating COVID-19: UK announces USD 159 million to construct vaccine manu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
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.
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Govts, drugmakers under pressure to roll out effective COVID vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 18 (ANI): Governments and drugmakers are considering ways how to roll out effective coronavirus vaccines and build capacity to make millions of its doses available in the United States starting as soon as this fall. Yet there isn't a guarantee that any of the most
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India reliable partner of US, working on at least 3 COVID-19 vaccines: Amb
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): The Indian and American pharmaceutical companies are currently working together on at least three possible vaccines to fight the coronavirus, India Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, told ANI on Saturday.
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