Tag: COVID-19

The shortlisted proposals include 10 vaccine candidates, 34 diagnostics products or scale-up facilities, 10 therapeutics options, 02 proposals on drug repurposing, and 14 projects which are categorized as preventive interventions......................

The Union Home Ministry has called upon all the state governments to ensure smooth movement of medical professionals and para-medical staff, and the opening of all private clinics, nursing homes, and laboratories. It has called the step essential to tackle both COVID and non-COVID emergencies

In a major breakthrough, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Pune has developed and validated the indigenous IgG ELISA test for antibody detection for COVID-19. ICMR has also partnered with Zydus Cadila for mass-scale production of the ELISA test kits...................

CSIR through its NMITLI program approves a multi institutional project to develop human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in patients. The project will be implemented by National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), IIT-Indore and PredOmix Technologies with Bharat Biotech International, as the commercialization partner...........................

Thermo Fisher Scientific will host live webinar on comprehensive solutions and offerings from detection to vaccine research and manufacturing in India......................

A team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s New Delhi-based National Institute of Plant Genome Research (DBT-NIPGR) has found that an ion channel called CNGC19 (cyclic nucleotide gated channel 19) in the plants could be playing a decisive role in helping the plants to benefit from a good microbe...................

From availability of blood in blood banks to availability of transportation and transfusion facilities, there are multiple challenges being faced by these patients in the wake of this pandemic........................

The Compendium carries information about 200 COVID-19-related Indian technologies, ongoing research activities, technologies available for commercialization, initiatives and efforts taken by the Government of India, categorized under 3Ts of Tracking, Testing and Treating....................

An IIT Delhi start-up "Nanosafe Solutions" has launched an antimicrobial and washable face mask "NSafe", which is reusable up to 50 launderings, thus greatly cutting down the cost of use......................

The Health Helpline in partnership State Governments of Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh attended to these calls during the lockdown period from March 25, 2020 until date. On average, the 104-Health Helpline received around 20,000 calls in a day.............