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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.
Bharat Bio may add 200 mn doses if needed; Serum to have 2.5 mn capacity by year-end
Public vaccination back-end technology in place, private sector role likely in procuring doses for staff
Low turnout for vaccination so far a likely reason
In the interim efficacy analysis, data from 19,866 volunteers were included
Ocugen, a Nasdaq-listed firm, focuses on developing and commercialising gene therapies to cure blindness diseases
Allocation jumps 118% over RE to Rs 2.23 trillion; Rs 35,000 cr earmarked for Covid vaccination
New central scheme called Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana gets Rs 64,180 crore in Sitharaman's budget
The company has now decided to focus on specialty drugs. The annual price cuts made the Japanese generics market unattractive
The total revenue from operations came in at Rs 5,169 crore and the net profit stood at Rs 748 crore, up 113 per cent.
The company has repaid debt of about $490 million in 9MFY21; filings for 90 ANDAs await US FDA approval
DRL said the Q3 results were impacted primarily due the non-recognition of deferred tax assets on impairment.
The bridge trials on 1,600 participants in India was ongoing. The phase 2 trials are completed and the phase 3 is on.
The trial has assessed its efficacy during a period with high transmission and with a new UK strain of the virus
ZyCoV-D can remain stable at 25 degrees Celsius for months
The genome of the UK-variant has 17 mutations, eight of those were in the spike protein domain
To raise manufacturing capacity by 30% over next 2 months from present 2.4 mn doses
NeuroRx and Relief Therapeutics have partnered to develop a drug called RLF-100 that has anti-inflammatory and anti-cytokine activity properties.
Around November, IIL had indicated that it was open to discussions with the US major.
SII Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla earlier indicated legal indemnity was required to ensure that the vaccination drive could be completed smoothly
India may start vaccine exports as soon as today