Indian Immunologicals Ltd to Begin Production of Drug Substance for Covaxin under Mission Covid Suraksha
In a bid to augment vaccine production, the government has decided to support some public sector companies with grants under […]
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ICMR to Examine Covishield, Covaxin’s Effectiveness
The Indian Council of Medical Research or ICMR will initiate a survey next week for examining the effectiveness of AstraZeneca’s […]
Warning Labels, Limits on Sugar, Salt and Fats in Junk food can Arrest Alarming Rise in Childhood Obesity in India: Experts
Public health experts and doctors, in a multi-stakeholder session on childhood obesity in India, highlighted the need for urgent policy […]
India’s NEERI Develops Saline Gargle RT-PCR Test to Generate Covid-19 Results in 3 Hours
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, India has been making multiple strides in augmenting its testing infrastructure and capacity. […]
Modi Govt to Rollout Open, Interoperable IT Network for Digital Health
The Modi government will soon roll out Unified Health Interface (UHI) – an open and interoperable IT network for digital […]
AIIMS Postpones BSc (H) Nursing, MSc Entrance Exams
In the light of evolving situation due to the Covid-19 outbreak, The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New […]
Samsung Imports 1 Million LDS Syringes that Optimise Vaccine Usage by up to 20%
As a part of the company’s Covid support programme for India, Samsung is importing one million “innovative” Low Dead Space […]
WHO, Switzerland Launch Global BioHub for Pathogen Storage, Sharing and Analysis
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Swiss Confederation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the first […]
Seven Lakh Vaccine Doses will Reach States, UT within 3 Days: Union Health Ministry
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) today said that seven lakh vaccine doses are in the pipeline […]
Haryana Govt, Deloitte Launch ‘Sanjeevani Pariyojana’ Virtual Home Care Initiative
The Government of Haryana, with support from Deloitte, has launched ‘Sanjeevani Pariyojana’ (The Life Project), a supervised, virtual home care […]
No Reason to Believe Covid-19 will Disproportionately Affect Children in Third Wave: NTAGI’s Dr N K Arora
Chairman of India’s COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) Dr N K Arora has […]
Zydus Cadila Launches Breast Cancer Treatment Drug Ujvira
Healthcare major Zydus Cadila has launched Trastuzumab Emtansine, the first Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) biosimilar and a “highly” effective drug […]
Roche’s Covid-19 Antibody Cocktail is Now Available in India, Cipla to Market
Roche India and Cipla Ltd have announced that the first batch of the antibody cocktail – Casirivimab and Imdevimab – […]
