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KTR confident on first Covid vaccine rolling out from Hyderabad

Hyderabad |Wednesday, 2020 5:15:05 AM IST

Telangana's Industries Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday exuded confidence that the first vaccine for novel coronavirus will be rolled out from Hyderabad, which has emerged as the vaccine capital of t read..

Russia bats for safety of its Covid-19 vaccine

Moscow |Wednesday, 2020 2:15:06 AM IST

The Russian Ministry of Defence has said that a Covid-19 vaccine that it developed in partnership with the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology appears to be safe. read..

Novavax Covid-19 vaccine elicits immune response in early trial

New York |Wednesday, 2020 7:15:05 PM IST

A Covid-19 vaccine developed by US-based Novavax elicited robust antibody responses and appeared to be safe in a Phase-I human trial, the company has said. read..

Covid-19 vaccine: Zydus Cadila to begin phase-2 clinical trials

New Delhi |Wednesday, 2020 6:45:06 PM IST

Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Wednesday announced that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 -- ZyCoV-D -- was found to be safe and well tolerated in the phase I clinical trial. The company will now read..

Chinese firm applies for corona vaccine trial in B'desh

Dhaka |Wednesday, 2020 4:15:05 PM IST

A Chinese firm Synovac Biotech has applied for the third phase clinical trials of vaccine against COVID-19 in Bangladesh, secretary of Health and Family Welfare Ministry Abdul Mannan said. read..

Wockhardt wins UK govt deal on Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing

Mumbai |Tuesday, 2020 2:45:05 AM IST

Mumbai-headquartered pharmaceutical company Wockhardt on Monday announced that it has entered into an agreement with the UK government to fill-finish millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines. read..

PGI-Chandigarh among 17 trial sites for Oxford vaccine

Chandigarh |Tuesday, 2020 3:45:06 PM IST

The PGI Hospital here is among the 17 trial sites in India for conducting the second and third phases of human clinical trials of Covishield, the potential vaccine developed by Oxford University, its read..

Covid-19 vaccine will be 'reality' by year-end: Fauci

New York |Saturday, 2020 3:45:06 AM IST

A safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine will be a "reality" by the end of the year, Anthony Fauci, America's leading authority on the pandemic, said on Friday. read..

J&J Covid-19 vaccine protected monkey in single shot

New York |Friday, 2020 4:45:05 PM IST

A leading candidate of Covid-19 vaccine developed by global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson raised neutralising antibodies and robustly protected monkeys against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes read..

Indian health-tech pioneer develops the world's first digital vaccine candidate for COVID-19

| July 31, 2020 4:11:58 PM IST

New Delhi [India] July 31 (ANI/Digpu): In the global race against time for a COVID-19 vaccine, this could be a game-changing scientific breakthrough. Indian serial entrepreneur and investor, Bhargav S read..