COVID-19 vaccines

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare worker collects COVID-19 test swab sample from man in New Delhi

Cadila Seeks Nod To Repurpose Hepatitis C Drug for COVID-19 in India

Reuters 05/04/2021

Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b was launched in India 10 years ago.

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A Vaccination Debate in Sabarmati Ashram, Through Mahadevbhai Desai’s Diaries

Nandini Oza 04/04/2021

While Gandhi said he would not come in the...

In November, the WHO recommended a triple-drug therapy to eliminate elephantiasis. Representative image. Credit: Pixabay

What’s a Better Way To Finance Drug Dev – Open Source or Patent Financing?

Dean Baker 02/04/2021

Drugs are rarely expensive to manufacture and distribute, and...

FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo

India Extends Shelf Life of Covishield Doses From Six Months To Nine

Neha Arora and Krishna N. Das 30/03/2021

The approval could help health authorities minimise vaccine wastage...

COVID-19 vaccination drive starts in Mumbai

Mumbai Seeks Permission for Door-To-Door Vaccination Plan, Centre Says No

The Wire Staff 30/03/2021

Mumbai is currently India's worst affected city.

Vials of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are seen in an undated photograph

Chart: Global Initiative to Provide Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines Hits a Snag

Katharina Buchholz 29/03/2021

Under the COVAX initiative, plans have been drawn to...

Oxford/AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp

AstraZeneca Clears Europe Blood Clot Hurdle but Indian Regulators Insist on Secrecy

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/03/2021

Four issues together describe a latent crisis waiting under...