Tag: Vaccine

Human trials of India’s first indigenous experimental vaccine against COVID-19, COVAXIN, developed by Bharat Biotech is set to begin across India in July........................

Referring to Gavi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the virtual Global Vaccine Summit said it is not just a global alliance but also a symbol of global solidarity and a reminder of that by helping others we can also help ourselves..............

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) will provide consortium comprising Bharat Biotech (BBIL) and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) with up to US$14.1 million for vaccine manufacturing and clinical development of a two-dose live-inactivated vaccine (BBV87) against Chikungunya..............

At a recent media briefing, Dr Vinod Paul, Member NITI Aayog and Professor K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, summarised activities on COVID-19 related to Science and Technology in the areas of vaccines, drug discovery, diagnostics and testing..................

Since Indian pig growers suffer Rs 400 Crore losses due to the Classical Swine Fever, the vaccine can prevent high mortality and help increase pig population in India.................

It has been suggested that the severity of COVID-19 is higher in countries that do not have a history of Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccination programs. Clinical trials are underway to investigate the possibility that they confer some immunity to COVID-19.......................

The shortlisted proposals include 10 vaccine candidates, 34 diagnostics products or scale-up facilities, 10 therapeutics options, 02 proposals on drug repurposing, and 14 projects which are categorized as preventive interventions......................

Thermo Fisher Scientific will host live webinar on comprehensive solutions and offerings from detection to vaccine research and manufacturing in India......................

The triple antigen vaccine being developed by Premas Biotech is being designed to try to overcome presently known and possible future mutations of novel coronavirus...................

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a call to all the scientific community from India to work together and come up with some solution for this problem........................