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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.
At present, SII sells its vaccine Covishield to the Centre for Rs 150 per dose, to state governments for Rs 300 and to private hospitals for Rs 600.
BMC was the first civic body in the country to float a global tender for purchasing vaccines
Firms claim breakthrough with their RNA-marker tech which detects cancer even in stage zero
Company says it never exported vaccines at the cost of the people of India
A company spokesperson said this benefit will be over and above the existing group term insurance
Vaccine effective against all emerging coronavirus variants, says study
The company already makes and markets antiviral drugs like remdesivir, favipiravir in India apart from importing and distributing Roche's tocilizumab (Actemra)
The imported doses of the vaccine are priced at a maximum retail price of Rs 948 plus 5 percent GST per dose, with the possibility of a lower price point when local supply begins, says DRL
SII aims to make 50 million doses of Covovax (the Novavax vaccine) per month at its Pune plant
India has vaccinated 37.2 million people with both doses of a vaccine, and about 135.5 million have received at least the first jab
Executive says company is looking for tie-ups to bring in drugs like Remdesivir
Bharat Biotech has already conducted trials on children 12 years and above
With sales of Rs 352 crore in April, this brand alone accounted for over 2 per cent of the total domestic pharma market sales of Rs 15,662 crore
A large vaccine consignment is expected from Russia by third week of this month
Two major hospital groups, Apollo Hospitals and Fortis Healthcare, said they are open to exploring opportunities to import
Low base of April 2020, pick-up in demand for Covid-19 drugs major contributors to growth
US pharmaceutical associations feel that the decision to support the patent waiver would weaken already-strained supply chains
While top hospital chains reported an average borrowing cost of 9.8% in H1FY21, loans under the special RBI liquidity window for the health care sector are expected to come at around 6%
While some companies said they were open to borrowing, others felt their working capital cycle was comfortable
Some patients in Raigad district of Maharashtra developed side effects like fever and chills