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Sohini Das leads the automobile and healthcare verticals at Business Standard. In her 17 years as a journalist, she has written on myriad subjects and sectors -- FMCG, dairies, tourism, and state elections, among others, across Kolkata, Ahmedabad and now Mumbai. She loves doing personality stories and ground reportage.
Sohini Das leads the automobile and healthcare verticals at Business Standard. In her 17 years as a journalist, she has written on myriad subjects and sectors -- FMCG, dairies, tourism, and state elections, among others, across Kolkata, Ahmedabad and now Mumbai. She loves doing personality stories and ground reportage.
Only 3 firms - Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and Eli Lilly - supply insulin to patients in the US. These three companies, commonly called the 'Big Three', control over 90 per cent of the global insulin market
Constraints on the availability of India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine could end soon
Animal vaccine maker Hester Biosciences, on the other hand, is setting up a greenfield BSL-3 facility in Gujarat to make Covaxin
India on its part does not insist on vaccination and has done away with institutional quarantine for foreigners entering the country
Sources say the Centre has been working to create a stockpile of vaccines for India in case a third wave strikes
Sanskritech has develop a point of care testing platform Swayam that can do 70 tests on the spot
But post-monsoon, some clinicians have noticed a surge in paediatric Covid cases.
Says confident of resolving matter, does not share nature of observations
Poonawalla said easing the export restrictions is a government of India's decision, and he will go by what the Centre feels is appropriate
Work on mRNA platform, antibodies for dengue, HIV in the plan
According to sources, discussions are on between J&J and the Centre on the matter of indemnity against any serious adverse effect after vaccination
AHH now plans to make similar investments with focus on nephrology, gastroenterology, and ophthalmology among others
The lyophilized vaccine will come in a powder form and it will be mixed with diluents before administration
The Centre is looking to procure around 1 billion syringes between September and December to support the Covid-19 vaccination drive
Blended occupancy of Covid and non-Covid patients was 64.2% in Q1FY22 as against 36.9% in Q1FY21 and 58.8% in Q4FY21. Therefore, the growth is not just on a low base, but also sequential
Lupin working on remdesivir powder inhaler; Glenmark to do trials on Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray
Business Standard looked at the top five states contributing the most to the record
Crisis management: Oxygen plants at hospitals, doctors & nurses on standby, ICU beds, buffer stock
Molbio is preparing test kits for zika, cholera, nipah, sickle cell anaemia, cholera, influenza, mumps, syphillis, yellow fever, HIV2 etc
The research to develop a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine was accelerated in 2020