Page 25 - Vaccine

Gennova to use mRNA tech to develop vaccines for Zika, tuberculosis

mRNA vaccines typically have stringent temperature requirements to remain stable

Astra's Covid-19 vaccine sales triple in Q2, top $1 billion in H1

Firm exploring whether vaccine biz is sustainable for next 5-10 years: Official

Improving vaccine distribution

Private sector channel needs to be reworked

Over 10,000 Covid vaccines administered in Delhi on Sunday: Cowin portal

The city has administered over 96 lakh doses, including 23,84,076 second doses

No domestic vaccine maker has sought indemnity: Junior Health Minister

Bharti Pravin Pawar says Centre has set up team to deal with various issues related to procurement of Covid-19 vaccine from foreign firms

India Coronavirus Dispatch: 'Symbolic snan' in Haridwar on Guru Purnima

Study finds immune response to Covid vaccine found linked to age, azithromycin out of favour as therapy, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

EU is donating more than 200 million doses of vaccines by end of year

The European Union announced on Thursday that it will donate more than 200 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 to countries with average and low incomes before the end of this year

Russia in talks with Kerala govt for Sputnik V plant, says state minister

Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) to scout for land, prepare draft

NEGVAC in talks with offshore manufacturers for import of Covid jabs: Govt

In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, MoS for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said as on July 16, a total of 2.61 lakh doses of the Sputnik V vaccine have been administered in the country

TechInvention ties up with Korean co to bring oral cholera vaccine to India

Clinical trials of WHO pre-qualified vaccine to start soon; Unicef price is $2 per dose, private market price globally is $8-10; Initial volumes to be imported; India would need 83 mn doses a year

Over 400 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered in country: Govt

More than 46.38 lakh (46,38,106) vaccine doses were administered on Saturday, the report said

Offline retail revival depends on Covid vaccination coverage, says expert

Retail boom will be directly correlated to vaccination levels, Shoppers Stop MD and CEO Venu Nair said

Covid Response Plan for quick clearance of vaccines at airports: CBIC

Pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges disrupting global supply chains and slowing down economic activity

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost Covid vaccine shots

Some business owners are uncomfortable with having to enforce the rules

Don't blame private sector

Vaccine distribution lags are because of state controls

Over 3 mn children in India missed out on first DTP-1 vax dose in 2020: WHO

Over 3 million children in India missed out on their first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine (DTP-1) in 2020, WHO said

Virus, variant and vaccines

The main worry is the price of vaccines, not production, says Sunita Narain

A bottleneck in the vaccine chain

Prosenjit Datta points to a possible crisis as the government moves to improve supplies of Covid vaccines: inadequate testing facilities to handle those volumes

Indian scientists working on developing mRNA vaccine technology get grant

Ignite Life Science Foundation has awarded its first grant award for "pandemic preparedness" research to a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru)

Why Centre 'conspicuously silent' on Brazil's Covaxin controversy: Congress

The Congress Party on Friday cornered the central government over the Covaxin pricing controversy in Brazil and asked the Centre why it is "conspicuously silent" on the matter