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US to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion for COVID-19 vaccine. (AFP Photo)

Pfizer, BioNTech reach $1.95 billion COVID-19 vaccine deal with US

The contract for 100 million doses of the vaccine amounts to a $39 price tag for what is likely to be a two-dose course...

23 July 2020 4:49 AM GMT

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

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Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside of China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled

20 July 2020 12:27 PM GMT

A medical person wearing protective equipment holds swab samples at a medical facility in Moscow on July 16, 2020. (AFP)

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Russia to mass-produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine

The first human trial of the vaccine, a month-long test on 38 people, ended this week, and Phase III trial is set to...

16 July 2020 2:56 PM GMT

$Both China and SinoPharm have invested heavily in a tried-and-true technology - an \inactivated vaccine made by growing the whole virus in a lab and then killing it. (Representational Image: AP)$ World

Chinese firm SinoPharm boasts about using workers to 'pre-test'...

The company's claim that 30 special volunteers' rolled up their sleeves for pre-test without a government approval...

16 July 2020 7:32 AM GMT

Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus started human studies for its potential COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo)

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Zydus begins human trials for potential COVID-19 vaccine

In the human trials, Zydus will enrol over 1,000 subjects across multiple clinical study sites in India

15 July 2020 5:04 AM GMT

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Zydus Cadila's potential covid drug may begin human clinical trials

India's 'first' indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin had also got the nod for human clinical trials recently

3 July 2020 5:31 AM GMT

The purchase falls under the Trump administrations Operation Warp Speed, intended to rush a COVID-19 vaccine to the market by the end of 2020. (Representational Image: AP)

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears to work as well in older adults in...

Moderna's candidate, mRNA-1273, is already in late-stage human trials testing its ability to safely prevent infection

27 Aug 2020 5:55 AM GMT

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asserted that a fair and inclusive COVID-19 vaccine access strategy should have been in place by now. (PTI Photo)

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Government's unpreparedness alarming: Rahul on COVID vaccine access...

Human trials on various COVID vaccines are currently underway across the world, including in India.

27 Aug 2020 4:35 AM GMT

Phase II human trial of Oxford vaccine begins in Pune. A scientist works over an experimental coronavirus vaccine in a laboratory. (AFP Photo)

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Serum Institute begins phase 2 clinical trial of Oxford COVID vaccine

In all 25 candidates will given the vaccine in the next seven days, according to Dr Lalwani

26 Aug 2020 11:31 AM GMT

In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020 photo provided by the Center for Pharmaceutical Research, a pharmacy technologist using a biosafety level 2 hood prepares a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate for testing in Kansas City, Mo. This early safety study, called a Phase 1 trial, is using a vaccine candidate developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. (Photo | AP)

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Chinese mining company used COVID-19 vaccine in PNG

National Pandemic Response Controller banned COVID-19 vaccine testing or trials in Papua New Guinea on Thursday

21 Aug 2020 6:43 AM GMT

A staff member tests samples of a potential COVID-19 vaccine at a production plant of SinoPharm in Beijing.(AP)

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Russia looking for partnership with India for producing COVID-19...

The vaccine, named Sputnik V, has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology,...

21 Aug 2020 3:24 AM GMT

$Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that India will be one of the nations to produce a vaccine for coronavirus and the process will require a \clearly-defined\ strategy. (PTI Photo)$ India

Need clearly-defined, inclusive access strategy now: Rahul to...

Rahul said that the Centre will need vaccine access strategy that is inclusive, ensuring availability, affordability and...

14 Aug 2020 9:42 AM GMT