Serum delivered 600,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from Pune to Accra in Ghana. The vaccines arrived on a flight from Mumbai, via Dubai, where the flight also collected a shipment of syringes from a Gavi-funded stockpile at UNICEF's regional supply hub

Poonawalla appealed to countries and governments to be patient and assured that the coronavirus vaccine will be available to the rest of the world who are purchasing the AstraZeneca-Oxford doses from India

Patanjali had rolled out Coronil for treating novel coronavirus on June 23 in the presence of Union ministers Harsh Vardhan and Nitin Gadkari

Coronavirus vaccine: The Covid-19 vaccine candidate of Novavax is being studied in two ongoing pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials: in the United States and Mexico, as well as in the United Kingdom

In this meeting, the NTAGI will review the World Health Organisation's (WHO) recommendation to extend the gap between two doses of the AstraZeneca- Oxford vaccine from 4 weeks to 8-12 weeks

Serum Institute has applied for registration with Health Canada with the help of Toronto-based Verity Pharmaceuticals, Adar Poonawalla said

A major fire engulfed the fourth and fifth floors of an under-construction building at Serum Institute's 100-acre Manjari campus in the SEZ area in Pune

Going forward, the company's vaccine strategy includes blocking capacity with airlines for international freight forwarding, finalising warehousing plans keeping in mind the specific needs of Covid-19 vaccine storage

As par the agreement, Magma Fincorp to allot 45.80 crores equity shares to Rising Sun Holdings and 3.57 crore shares to Sanjay Chamria and Mayank Poddar

The FM has set the stage, but timely execution is critical

With record healthcare expenditure and allocations focussing on mitigating the impact of Covid-19, it's a shot in the arm for the sector

Uday Kotak, the Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, hailed the focus on healthcare, infrastructure and financial sectors

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

Budget 2021: Even if the vaccine is considered at a discounted rate for everyone at Rs 220, the cost per person would come to be around Rs 440 as the vaccine would need to be administered in two doses

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said the company's tie-up with American vaccine developer Novavax has published 'excellent efficacy results'

Sputnik V is undergoing Phase-3 trials in India currently which is expected to be completed by February

Last year in September, Novavax had announced its deal with Serum Institute in order to produce 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines

SII Chairman & Managing Director Cyrus Poonawalla said that the company will be offering a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to each of the families of the deceased, in addition to the mandated amount as per the norms

A massive fire broke out at Terminal 1 gate of Serum Institute of India in Pune on Thursday afternoon. The blaze was reported at an under-construction building in the Manjri area of the city. The SII plant is spread over 100 acres in Pune. Visuals showed large plumes of smoke billowing out of the buildings. As per initial reports, eight fire tenders were rushed to the fire spot.

SII CEO Adar Poonawalla reassured that there would be no loss of Covishield production due to multiple production buildings that had been kept in reserve to deal with such contingencies