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Sohini Das writes on automobile and healthcare sectors for Business Standard. Over her 17 years as a journalist, she has covered multiple sectors and issues -- FMCG, dairy, tourism, and state elections, among others, across Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai. She loves doing personality stories and ground reportage.
Sohini Das writes on automobile and healthcare sectors for Business Standard. Over her 17 years as a journalist, she has covered multiple sectors and issues -- FMCG, dairy, tourism, and state elections, among others, across Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai. She loves doing personality stories and ground reportage.
Earlier, the Bharat Biotech vaccine was priced at Rs 600 a dose
Bharat Biotech is yet to announce any change in prices of Covaxin
Artificial shortages and brazen hawking of the drug on the streets at 15x the normal price rule the day as the official machinery tries desparately to stamp out the parallel market
Co says demand for tocilizumab may exceed supplies it can provide
Leading facilities in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru have got communication in this regard
SII and Bharat Biotech had announced prices for state government procurement and for institutional sale to private hospitals
Vaccination for those aged above 18 years could see a slow start in May
Says the company would like to recover the costs incurred in clinical trials, and other things and reinvest the money into R&D to be ready for future pandemics
Hyderabad-based Biological E's candidate has completed its phase one and two trials and is about to enter stage three
These are the prices for institutional sales, and not the maximum retail price, which will be announced later.
The company is conducting phase 3 efficacy trials on a three-dose regimen of its DNA plasmid technology-based Covid-19 vaccine, which is in its last leg
The B.1.617 or 'double mutant' Indian variant carries two mutations, including the L452R and E484Q
The Bharat Biotech candidate has also shown 70 per cent efficacy against asymptomatic infections, suggesting that it prevents transmission
Could be priced at Rs 600-650/dose for institutional sales
"He has asked the industry to prioritise deliveries to meet the country's needs first and then focus on global supplies," said a person in the know, who did not wish to be named.
Firms work to secure raw material locally as imports remain a challenge
Govt okays Rs 4,500 cr upfront payment for 300 mn doses
With the launch, the company has become the first Indian and second global firm to develop the drug, which is a generic version of Abbott's Duphaston
18 new sites get DCGI consent to make antiviral used for treating Covid-19
Of this list, Sputnik V is already approved in India and Sinovac is unlikely to come in as it does not meet the aforementioned criteria