Tag: Vaccine
China focuses on next-generation intranasal COVID-19 vaccines amid rising mutant strains
Several pharmaceutical companies across the world have started working on the inhaled vaccine formulations and China is also developing next-generation intranasal COVID-19 vaccines, says GlobalData....................
1 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses still available with states, says union...
While the government of India has so far provided more than 16.16 crore vaccine doses to States/UTs free of cost, 20 Lakh doses, in addition, will be received by them in the next 3 days....................
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage exceeds 14.78 crore doses
More than 25 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours...................
Scale up the production capacity: PM Modi tells vaccine manufacturers
The prime minister, Narendra Modi interacted with vaccine manufacturers from across the country on April 20, 2021........................
Bharat Biotech to ramp up Covaxin production by 700 million doses...
The capacity expansion has been implemented across multiple facilities in Hyderabad and Bangalore, to reach ~ 700 million doses per year, one of the largest production capacities for Inactivated viral vaccines worldwide.................................
COVID-19: India to vaccinate all above 18 years from 1st May
Right from the beginning, the government of India has roped in the private sector in the vaccination drive. In its Phase-III, the National Vaccine Strategy aims at liberalized vaccine pricing and scaling up vaccine coverage...................
Govt targets 6-7 fold increase in COVAXIN production by August, 2021
The current production capacity of indigenously developed Covaxin vaccine is expected to be doubled by May-June 2021 and then increased nearly 6-7 fold by July - August 2021 under Mission COVID Suraksha......................
DBT funds phase-1 trials of Gennova’s novel mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccine Discovery Programme supported by the Department of Biotechnology under the Mission COVID Suraksha, implemented by BIRAC, moves into clinical trials...............
Govt fast tracks emergency approvals for foreign produced COVID-19 vaccines
A lot many vaccines are expected to be granted Emergency Use Authorization in other countries for expanding the basket of vaccines for domestic use and hasten the pace and coverage of vaccination....................
Sputnik V vaccine authorized in India
India has become the 60th country to approve the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V, one of only three vaccines registered so far in the country.........................