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Topic: clinical trials

Govt expert panel asks Serum Institute to revise protocol for trial of Novavax Covid vaccine

The company has been asked to submit the safety data of M1 adjuvant — the patented technology of Novavax made to enhance the immune response — along with published literature.

India ran 122 medicine trials for Covid in first 4 months of pandemic, 67 of them were AYUSH

IJMR article says 42 trials used modern medicine, 13 were ‘miscellaneous’ — including nutraceuticals, process-of-care changes and non-Covid patient management.

Expert panel asks Dr Reddy’s to reapply for phase 2, 3 trials of Russian Covid vaccine

According to the CDSCO panel, the pharma company has to conduct both phase 2 and 3 clinical trials and cannot directly hold phase 3 trial for the vaccine in India, a source said.

Expert panel approves clinical trial of anti-cancer drug Bemcentinib for Covid treatment

Bemcentinib is known to exhibit potent antiviral activity in preclinical models against several enveloped viruses, including Ebola and Zika.

UK, Germany and now Chile is training dogs to sniff out coronavirus

In Germany, eight dogs from the country's armed forces had a 94 per cent success rate in detecting Covid-19 from the saliva of 1,000 people.

Why in this race to Covid-19 vaccine the world will need more than one winner

Even if an effective Covid vaccine is licensed, the manufacturing of doses for administration to world’s population will need collaboration among manufactures.

Covid patients given favipiravir showed ‘40% faster’ recovery, Glenmark trial results claim

Glenmark conducted phase 3 clinical trials of favipiravir on 150 mild to moderate Covid patients. Adverse events, or side effects, reported in 32 patients.

What are human challenge trials — the experiment Oxford is considering for its Covid vaccine

Oxford vaccine is under Phase II/III trials in multiple countries, where many have been given the vaccine & are being followed up with — a process that consumes time, but is standard. 

India to give 60 of 140 patients for clinical trial of cancer drug Acalabrutinib for Covid

The drug, branded as Calquence by AstraZeneca, has improved clinical outcomes of patients with severe Covid-19, according to a peer-reviewed study.

ICMR wants Covid vaccine by 15 August but documents show it’s a 15-month trial

Health experts express concern about crunched timeline, investigators involved in the trial give conflicting responses and data inconsistent with letter.

On Camera

How to Trump-proof India’s trade policy: ‘Give US tariff concessions, block Chinese dumping’

Donald Trump has been vocal about India’s high import tariffs and has threatened retaliation. Simultaneously, his tough stand on China could see Chinese goods flood India.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.