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In India, Drugs for COVID Are Being Tested, Approved in Ways That Should Worry Us

Ronak Borana 25/05/2021

Many COVID-19-related clinical trials have several methodological flaws, and...

FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune

Petition in Supreme Court Seeks Data From Covaxin, Covishield Clinical Trials

V. Venkatesan 17/05/2021

Jacob Puliyel has submitted that there is no reason...

Spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi

DCGI Approves Virafin for Moderate COVID. Where’s the Evidence It Works?

Ronak Borana 24/04/2021

Virafin's phase 2 trial has several methodological and reporting...

FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia

COVID-19: Drug Controller General of India Approves Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine

Nigam Prusty and Krishna N. Das 13/04/2021

Sputnik V, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, has proved 91.6%...

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How Do You Catch Mistakes in a Clinical Trial? An Ethics Expert Explains.

Shreya Dasgupta 28/03/2021

Photo: Dan Asaki/Unsplash. Bengaluru: As the world scrambled to...

COVID-19 vaccinations in London

Experts Press Officials in Charge of Vaccine Drive for Info on Adverse Events

The Wire Staff 18/03/2021

Most members of the same group had written a...

What You Need To Know About the Covaxin Interim Efficacy Data

Dr Jammi Nagaraj Rao 04/03/2021

News of the reported efficacy is tempered by the...