Novavax is already stockpiling vaccine at six operating manufacturing locations, and said it expects a total of eight plants in seven countries to produce at the rate of 2 billion doses per year, including from the Serum Institute of India.
2 min read29 Jan 2021The funding and commitment covers candidate vaccines licensed by AstraZeneca and Novavax, which Serum Institute has agreed to both manufacture and sell.
1 min read30 Sep 2020'The national vaccine administration panel met five times on modalities,' says govt'We have calculated the amount required in the meetings and currently, that amount is available with the government,' says Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry
1 min read29 Sep 2020'We will administer dose of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine to 150 to 200 volunteers in the third phase,' says a top doctorThe phase II trial of Covishield was conducted at Bharti Vidyapeeth Medical College and King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Pune
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4 min read17 Sep 2020Pune-based Serum Institute is the third firm to conduct human trials of a covid-19 vaccine in India after Bharat Biotech
1 min read25 Aug 2020'We need @adarpoonawalla to find a way to extract it from you, manufacture it & give us all a dose,' Anand Mahindra tweeted after Amitabh Bachchan tested negative for coronavirus
1 min read3 Aug 2020Oxford's coronavirus vaccine seems to be producing immunity in its initial clinical trials in the patients in 14 days, which activates T-cells along with production of anti-bodies when given in two dosesSerum Institute of India has partnered with AstraZeneca to mass produce vaccine for low-income countries
2 min read20 Jul 2020Serum Institute has entered a manufacturing partnership with AstraZeneca to produce and supply 1 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University, said CEO Adar PoonawallaAt least seven Indian pharma companies are working to develop a vaccine against coronavirus
2 min read19 Jul 2020As per the government’s clinical trial registry, the first phase of the trial was conducted in 2013 in 34 young Indian adults, while the second phase in 114 toddlers of 12-15 months
1 min read15 Jul 2020The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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