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FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration

Serum Institute Gets DCGI Nod to Resume Clinical Trial of Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine

Payal Banerjee 16/09/2020

The DCGI has also put certain conditions on SII...

Serum Institute Pauses Trials of AstraZeneca’s Potential COVID-19 Vaccine in India

Reuters 10/09/2020

The move to pause the trials in India comes...

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A Good Registry Means Accountable Clinical Trials. But Does India Have One?

Shreya Dasgupta 07/09/2020

The Clinical Trial Registry – India set four objectives...

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There Are More Questions We Need to Ask About the COVAXIN Clinical Trials

Aakash Sethi and Gayatri Laha 08/07/2020

While the approval of the drug or the vaccine...

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Indian Academy of Sciences Calls ICMR’s August 15 Vaccine Deadline ‘Unfeasible’

The Wire Staff 06/07/2020

In a statement, members of the academy said the...

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PIB Version of Ministry Release Cuts Lines on Low Chance of Vaccine Before 2021

The Wire Staff 05/07/2020

A line pointing to the fact that none of...

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ICMR Claims It’s Fast-Tracking COVAXIN to Cut ‘Unnecessary Red Tape’

The Wire Staff 04/07/2020

In a new clarificatory note, the nodal medical research...