AstraZeneca, Novavax say tie-up with Serum Institute key to mass production of Covid-19 Vaccines ruchika25 Feb 2021 8:10 AM GMTNew Delhi: British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca and US pharmaceutical major Novavax have told lawmakers that they are ready to scale up their produ...
Johnson and Johnson applies to WHO for Emergency Use Listing of Covid-19 vaccine ruchika23 Feb 2021 3:30 AM GMTNew Brunswick: Johnson & Johnson has recently announced that Janssen-Cilag International N.V. has submitted for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to...
WHO authorizes AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use ruchika16 Feb 2021 8:56 AM GMTThe EUL allows for two doses of the vaccine to be administered at a four to 12-week interval.
WHO mission to China fails to identify animal source of Covid-19 Medical Dialogues Bureau12 Feb 2021 3:30 AM GMTWhile transmission from animals was the likely route, so far 'the reservoir hosts remain to be identified', Liang Wannian, head of the China team,...
WHO backs up AstraZeneca vaccine use amid efficacy concerns MD Bureau11 Feb 2021 6:25 AM GMTWorld Health Organization (WHO) has decided that potential benefits of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine outweigh known and potential risks,...
Covid-19 patients to be given 2 doses of Pfizer vaccine in 21-28 day gap: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau3 Feb 2021 3:45 AM GMTThe FDA warned that there was a 'potential for harm' if people believed they were protected against COVID19 by a first dose of Pfizer's vaccine for...
Moderna gets recommendations from WHO experts for COVID-19 vaccine usage ruchika27 Jan 2021 7:52 AM GMTGeneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued recommendations on Tuesday on the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and said it was working with t...
Pfizer, BioNTech, COVAX join hands for up to 40 million COVID vaccine doses ruchika24 Jan 2021 4:45 AM GMTNew York & Mainz: Pfizer and BioNTech SE have recently announced an advance purchase agreement with COVAX for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-...
WHO Chief says World on brink of catastrophic moral failure on vaccines Hina Zahid21 Jan 2021 3:15 AM GMTGeneva: The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the world was on the brink of a 'catastrophic moral failure' on distributing vacc...
Bharat Biotech Covaxin safe to use, efficacy meets WHO standards: Joint Drugs Controller MD Bureau18 Jan 2021 6:00 AM GMTNew Delhi: Allaying the apprehensions associated with the safety of the vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech, S. Eswara Reddy, Joint Drugs Controll...
WHO team visits Wuhan to probe origins of Covid-19 pandemic Medical Dialogues Bureau17 Jan 2021 3:30 AM GMTThe World Health Organisation team's visit has become a bone of contention as Beijing, which questions the widely held view about the virus' origins...
COVID-19 patients to be given 2 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine within 21-28 days period: WHO MD Bureau5 Jan 2021 6:56 PM GMTGeneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that Covid-19 patients should be given two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine within a pe...
