US to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion for COVID-19 vaccine Reuters Jul 23, 2020 The contract for 100 million doses of the vaccine amounts to a $39 price tag for what is likely to be a two-dose course of…
Brazil approves human trials for third COVID-19 vaccine in collaboration with Pfizer, BioNTech Reuters Jul 22, 2020 The country is also scrambling to secure supplies of potential vaccines, in case they are proven successful
Serum to apply for local trials on Oxford’s vaccine in a week: CEO Press Trust of India Jul 21, 2020 SII, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the…
Draw up immunisation strategy now itself for COVID-19 vaccine: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Press Trust of India Jul 21, 2020 "If the Bharat Biotech vaccine, or Zydus Cadila vaccine starts showing good, promising results, we could also have it (vaccine) by…
Oxford University coronavirus vaccine induces immune response: Lancet Press Trust of India Jul 20, 2020 The findings are seen as promising, but experts feel it is too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection as larger trials…
Russia to mass produce experimental COVID-19 vaccine – wealth fund head Reuters Jul 20, 2020 A larger Phase III trial involving several thousand people is expected to begin in August, said Russian Direct Investment Fund…
AIIMS Ethics Committee gives nod to human clinical trial of Covaxin Press Trust of India Jul 19, 2020 AIIMS-Delhi is among the 12 sites selected by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting phase I and II human…
Bharat Biotech commences human trial of COVAXIN at PGI Rohtak Press Trust of India Jul 17, 2020 Three subjects were enrolled today. All have tolerated the vaccine very well, informed Anil Vij, Health Minister of Haryana…
China gives the go-ahead for human trials of BioNTech’s COVID vaccine candidate Reuters Jul 17, 2020 The potential vaccine is one of the two most advanced candidates that BioNTech is working on with its partner Pfizer and they…
China’s Sinopharm begins late stage trial of COVID-19 vaccine in UAE Reuters Jul 17, 2020 The human trial is a partnership between Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG), Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence…