By Stephanie Nebehay and Josephine Mason GENEVA -The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine should receive a booster…
National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), the government’s advisory body on Covid-19 immunisation, is likely to take a decision on whether immunocompromised people should get an additional third dose…
Moderna Inc. has some of the highest-flying science in the biotech business. It brought its messenger RNA vaccine to the market in less than a year, faster than almost anyone…
Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could start to be used in children and teens in the United States within weeks, its chief executive said in an interview ahead of the Reuters…
A technical advisory group of the World Health Organisation was on Tuesday reviewing data on Covaxin for the emergency use listing of India’s indigenously-made vaccine and it could pronounce its…
PUNE: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and national task force members have said that the country should focus on completing adult population vaccination rather than booster doses. Senior…
The Russian sovereign fund RDIF and Gamelya Center on Wednesday announced that the one-shot Sputnik Light vaccine has shown 70% effectiveness against the Delta variant of coronavirus three months after…
PUNE: ZyCoV-D, the first vaccine to be approved for use in children above the age of 12 in India, will be also be made available to private sector hospitals across…
Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health…
Cipla Ltd., one of India’s largest drugmakers, has built up a war chest and is on the prowl for deals that can boost growth beyond the Covid-19 windfall it garnered…
