By Sanjeev Sharma New Delhi, Dec 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The representation of pediatric participants in the study population for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid 19 vaccine is too limited to adequately evaluate efficacy in pediatric age groups younger…
New York, Dec 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new online calculator for estimating the individual and community-level risk of dying from Covid-19. The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine,…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Covid-19 vaccines soon to be available globally, Microsoft has launched a vaccine management platform for both government and healthcare customers. A handful of Microsoft partners, including Accenture, Avanade, EY…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is poised to cross its final regulatory hurdle in a matter of hours. The US Food and Drug Administration has signalled imminent closure,…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trial, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said on…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sanofi and GSK have announced a delay in their adjuvanted recombinant protein-based Covid-19 vaccine programme to improve immune response in older adults. Interim results of the Phase 1/2 study showed…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) After Sputnik V vaccines clinical trial’s preliminary results showed its efficacy at above 90 pe rcent, the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Gamaleya Institute offered AstraZeneca the use of one…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked the Director Generals of the Home Guards, Civil Defence and Fire Services to prepare a data of their force personnel involved in the Covid-19…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Health Organization (WHO), national regulatory authorities and vaccine manufacturers in WHO South-East Asia Region discussed fast-tracking of Covid-19 vaccine rollout in member countries. “The vaccine manufacturing and regulatory…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the latest attack by hackers on Covid-19 vaccines and drugs data, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it has been hit by a cyber-attack and documents relating to a…
New York, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ride-hailing major Uber has sent letters to every US governor to give its drivers and delivery people priority when it comes to distributing the Covid-19 vaccine, saying that they are…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) After nine hours of non-stop debate, a high powered US vaccine advisory panel endorsed mass use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, putting the country just one step…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A high powered vaccine advisory panel, after a marathon 9 hour debate on safety and efficacy data, has endorsed emergency use approval of the Pfizer and BioNTech’s…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pfizer and BioNTech made a strong pitch for their Covid-19 vaccine candidate to get emergency use approval in the US, pointing federal regulators to zero risk of…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn described Thursday’s landmark meeting of his agency’s vaccine advisory panel to decide on emergency use authorisation for Pfizer’s Covid-19…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian American scientist Dr Prabhakara Atreya opened America’s historic “science court” on Thursday as a high powered team of US regulators and independent experts who make up…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Allaying the fear of the public, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday emphasised that no compromise has been made on scientific and regulatory norms related to the Covid-19 vaccine….
By Bharat Upadhyay New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Union government focusing on the immunisation programme when the Covid-19 vaccination process begins, experts on Thursday said people who are at higher risk of infections…
San Francisco, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the UK begins mass vaccination, Google has launched a new feature on Search that will show authorised locations to people who look up information for Covid-19 vaccines. Google Search…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The advocate for the Chennai volunteer for Serum Institute of India’s Covishield vaccine trial said his client has not agreed to the Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of…