Oxford Vaccine

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India has authorised the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, the country's drug regulator said Sunday. (Representational Image: PTI)

DCGI approves two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use

The approval is expected to kick off one of the world's biggest vaccination drives in coming days in the country of 1.3 billion people

03 Jan 2021 11:54 AM

Oxford vaccine may become the first to get Indian regulator's nod for emergency use

The Indian drug regulator is looking at the UK, which sources believe may give its nod to the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine next week

26 Dec 2020 10:09 PM

Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine 'encouraging' for older age groups

Older individuals are at disproportionate risk of severe COVID-19 and so any vaccine adopted for use must be effective in older adults

19 Nov 2020 2:38 PM

A laboratory technician handles capped vials as part of filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at the Italian biologics’ manufacturing facility of multinational corporation Catalent in Anagni, southeast of Rome, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

The university confirmed the restart across all of its UK trial sites after regulators gave the go-ahead following the pause on Sunday

13 Sep 2020 9:40 AM

Holds during clinical trials are not uncommon, but this is thought to be the first time it has happened for a COVID-19 vaccine trial. (Representational Image: AP)

AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial after unexplained illness

AstraZeneca is one of nine companies currently in late-stage Phase 3 trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates

09 Sep 2020 8:51 AM

The Oxford vaccine candidate has been administered to two volunteers at the Bharathi Hospital in Pune.

Two volunteers who were given Oxford vaccine are fine

The vaccine trials are being conducted by the Serum Institute of India in Pune

27 Aug 2020 12:29 PM

The University of Cambridge on Wednesday confirmed plans to begin trials of a potential new vaccine not only against COVID-19 but all coronaviruses that may spill over from animals to humans in the future. (Representational Image: AP)

Cambridge University kicks off vaccine race to fight all coronaviruses

A vaccine that clears all trials can be delivered pain-free without a needle into the skin through a spring-powered jet injection

26 Aug 2020 7:08 PM

A man wears a face mask as he passes by graffiti reading 'No vaccine, No tracking, No COVID'. (AP)

Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM

Anticipating a backlash from vocal anti-vaccine activists, Morrison said the stakes were too high to allow the disease to continue unchecked

20 Aug 2020 1:22 PM

A doctor gets eady to administer a COVID vaccine to a person who volunteered for human trials. — AFP photo

All set for human trials of COVID vaccine in India

As of now, globally 141 vaccine candidates are being studied out of which 26 are in different stages of clinical trials

04 Aug 2020 7:54 PM

Leon McFarlane, a research technician, uses a centrifuge on blood samples from volunteers in the laboratory at Imperial College in London. (AP)

UK to immunize citizen with experimental COVID-19 vaccine

The vaccine is still in early stages of trial, but scientists hope to have enough safety data to start inoculating people in October

31 Jul 2020 8:54 AM

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