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Russia to Launch First COVID 19 Vaccine

August 8, 2020

Russia has announced that it is going to launch the first-ever vaccine for the deadly COVID 19 disease as early as in a week. The vaccine has been developed by Gamaleya Research Institute and the Defence Ministry of the country. ..

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World’s 1st COVID19 vaccine to be ready for use by August 12, claims Russia

July 30, 2020

Russia has claimed that its first vaccine to treat the deadly COVID 19 disease will be ready by as soon as August 12, 2020. The vaccine is being developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute and Russian Direct Investment Fund. Highlights The ..

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US to pay $2 Billion approx. to Pharma Companies for COVID 19 Vaccine

July 23, 2020

The US Government has decided to pay Pfizer and BioNTech SE $1.95 billion to procure 100 million doses of their COVID 19 vaccine being experimented in order to provide the medicine free of cost to the Americans. This comes on ..

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Bangladesh Permits Trial of COVID 19 Vaccine by Chinese Company

July 20, 2020

The Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech Limited has been given the approval to conduct the final stage trial of coronavirus vaccine, by the Bangladesh Medical Research Council. The National Research Ethics Committee has given approval for this prospective vaccine by the ..

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Sinopharm Commences Phase III Trial of COVID 19 Vaccine in UAE

July 18, 2020

Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company, Sinopharm, has started the first Phase III clinical trial of its inactivated COVID 19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The UAE health authorities have issued a permit for up to 15000 volunteers to take part in ..

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Indian Company Zydus Cadila Starts Clinical Trial for COVID 19 Vaccine

July 16, 2020

The Indian pharmaceutical behemoth, Zydus Cadila, has started the Phase I, II clinical trials for its COVID 19 vaccine. The pharma giant had received approval from the Drug Controller General of India for clinical trials earlier this month. The company ..

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India begins human trials of COVID-19 vaccines

July 14, 2020

On July 13, 2020, the AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Patna began human trials of COVID-19 on 10 volunteers. Highlights The first dose was given to selected 10 people though several volunteered. The second dose is to be ..

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Russia: First Country in the world to complete COVID-19 human trials

July 13, 2020

The Sechenov University of Russia has successfully completed the human trials of COVID-19 vaccine. Thereby, Russia has become the first country in the world to complete COVID-19 trials. Highlights The first phase of Russian clinical trials included testing 18 volunteers. ..

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India-US to begin joint Ayurvedic Clinical trials for COVID-19

July 9, 2020

On July 9, 2020, India and United States began joint Ayurvedic Clinical trials against COVID-19. The joint research is to be supported by the Indo-US Science Technology Forum (IUSSTF). Highlights There are three ongoing collaborations between US-based institutions and India ..

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ICMR to launch COVAXIN on August 15

July 3, 2020

On July 2, 2020, Indian Council of Medical Research announced that it is to launch COVAXIN, India’s first COVID-19 vaccine by August 15. Highlights There are 12 institutes that are conducting the clinical trials of the indigenous vaccine. Currently India ..

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