It is also building a new stationary site that could increase its output tenfold to billions of doses

Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (KSDP) expects to start production of ventilators by July-end after getting approval from Kerala Government and ICMR

\"Availability and monitoring of prices of critical medical equipment for COVID-19 was on the agenda of the meeting\", an industry representative said

The three genomes showed the greatest resemblance to cases in Europe from February to May, and to cases in South and Southeast Asia from May to June

Coronavirus Vaccine Latest News: With the news of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine in its last stage of clinical trials, hopes are high for an earlier than expected arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine

CM Kejriwal told media that separate wards have been created for both men and women at the COVID care centre adding that additional space have been made for doctors and nurses to stay.

BioNTech said testing of two dosages of its BNT162b1 drug on 24 healthy volunteers showed that after 28 days they had developed higher levels of COVID-19 antibodies than typically seen in infected people

Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 2: ONGC, followed by M&M, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, SBI and Titan were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Tech Mahindra and HUL were the top laggards

Bharat Biotech isn't committing a timeline, but considering the necessary processes, and if COVAXIN does not fail at any stage, the earliest it could hit the market is late 2021

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Coronavirus vaccine update: The Hyderabad-based vaccine major's vaccine candidate COVAXIN has received permission for advancing to human trials

DCGI has allowed Bharat Biotech to conduct phase I and II human trials for COVAXIN that will begin in July; a finished vaccine is expected to be rolled out in 3-4 months if all goes according to plan

Maharashtra government intends to save lives of some 500 critical COVID-19 patients through project PLATINA, the world's largest convalescent plasma therapy trial-cum-project

Maharashtra lockdown extension: Moreover, 77 police personnel have been found positive for coronavirus and two succumbed to the disease in the state in the last 24 hours

With the news of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine in its last-stage trial, the world is hopeful of an earlier than expected arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca Pharma India stock has gained 9.9% in one week, 17% in one month and 35% since the beginning of the year.

Stock Market LIVE Updates on June 29: Bajaj Finance, followed by Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC duo and Infosys were among the top losers in the Sensex pack today. On the other hand, ITC, Sun Pharma, Nestle India and PowerGrid were among the gainers

While the general opinion of most experts and pharmaceutical companies is that a corona vaccine would be ready by mid-2021, researchers are still hoping for a 2020 breakthrough

Coronavirus vaccine update: Moderna has signed a deal with Catalent for large-scale manufacturing of its vaccine candidate. Catalent will provide vial filling and packaging capacity as well as additional workforce required for 24X7 manufacturing operations.

Coronavirus vaccine news: Johnson and Johnson has expedited its trials for the COVID vaccine. The final stage of the trial expected to begin in September has been pushed up to the second half of July