Covaxin

Bharat Biotech on Friday said Japan has approved Covaxin booster dosage for travellers visiting the country.

Data on Covaxin for children has been published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on June 16

The administration of Covaxin as a booster dose enhances vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19's Delta variant and gives protection against Omicron variants BA.1.1 and BA.2, a study by ICMR and Bharat Biotech has found.

The US Food and Drug Administration which has put on hold phase 2/ 3 clinical trials of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, in USA, has lifted pause, according to a statement issued by Ocugen Inc, Bharat Biotech's partner for jab in US, Canada

CEPI on Tuesday said it will provide up to USD 19.3 million (about Rs 149 crore) to Bharat Biotech International, the University of Sydney, and Switzerland-based ExcellGene SA for the development of a "variant-proof" SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate.

In his letter to the prime minister, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that there is a lack of availability of Covaxin and Covishield, and most children below 18 years remain unprotected

Centre said that reports apparently quoting a communication from the MEA asking vaccine maker Bharat Biotech to address issues to avoid cancellation of WHO's emergency use approval nod for its COVID jab, "potrayed an incorrect picture."

Weeks after WHO suspended the supply of Covaxin through UN procurement agencies, the MEA suggested that vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech addresses the issue immediately to avoid cancellation of the world health body's emergency use approval for the jab.

Seventy per cent of people who received a booster dose of Covid vaccine did not get infected during the third wave, according to a new study that covered around 6,000 people in India.

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) today gave emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children between the age group of 6-12 amid an uptick in the Covid cases in schools.

Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation, today assured that the freeze on Bharat Biotech's Covaxin supply does not involve the safety or efficacy of the vaccine, but some issues in manufacturing processes for which correc

Administering of precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines began in Delhi on Sunday amid a steady rise in daily case count in the last few days here, even as the pace was sluggish with a few private vaccination centres starting the exercise.

Private hospitals in Tamil Nadu have not slashed the prices of Covid vaccines -- Covishield ad Covaxin -- even though the government has announced a massive reduction.

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla and Bharat Biotech cofounder Suchitra Ella today said that the decision was taken after discussions with the Centre.

A booster dose of Covaxin administered six months after the two dose primary vaccination has shown elevated immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern including Omicron, a study by ICMR and Bharat Biotech has found.

Bharat Biotech on Friday said Japan has approved Covaxin booster dosage for travellers visiting the country.

Data on Covaxin for children has been published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on June 16

The administration of Covaxin as a booster dose enhances vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19's Delta variant and gives protection against Omicron variants BA.1.1 and BA.2, a study by ICMR and Bharat Biotech has found.

The US Food and Drug Administration which has put on hold phase 2/ 3 clinical trials of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, in USA, has lifted pause, according to a statement issued by Ocugen Inc, Bharat Biotech's partner for jab in US, Canada

CEPI on Tuesday said it will provide up to USD 19.3 million (about Rs 149 crore) to Bharat Biotech International, the University of Sydney, and Switzerland-based ExcellGene SA for the development of a "variant-proof" SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate.

In his letter to the prime minister, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that there is a lack of availability of Covaxin and Covishield, and most children below 18 years remain unprotected

Centre said that reports apparently quoting a communication from the MEA asking vaccine maker Bharat Biotech to address issues to avoid cancellation of WHO's emergency use approval nod for its COVID jab, "potrayed an incorrect picture."

Weeks after WHO suspended the supply of Covaxin through UN procurement agencies, the MEA suggested that vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech addresses the issue immediately to avoid cancellation of the world health body's emergency use approval for the jab.

Seventy per cent of people who received a booster dose of Covid vaccine did not get infected during the third wave, according to a new study that covered around 6,000 people in India.

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) today gave emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children between the age group of 6-12 amid an uptick in the Covid cases in schools.

Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation, today assured that the freeze on Bharat Biotech's Covaxin supply does not involve the safety or efficacy of the vaccine, but some issues in manufacturing processes for which correc

Administering of precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines began in Delhi on Sunday amid a steady rise in daily case count in the last few days here, even as the pace was sluggish with a few private vaccination centres starting the exercise.

Private hospitals in Tamil Nadu have not slashed the prices of Covid vaccines -- Covishield ad Covaxin -- even though the government has announced a massive reduction.

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla and Bharat Biotech cofounder Suchitra Ella today said that the decision was taken after discussions with the Centre.

A booster dose of Covaxin administered six months after the two dose primary vaccination has shown elevated immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern including Omicron, a study by ICMR and Bharat Biotech has found.