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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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Drug regulator DCGI extends shelf life of Covishield vaccine from 6 to 9 months

In a letter to the Serum Institute, Drugs Controller General of India Somani said the institute is permitted to apply the shelf life of 9 months to unlabeled vials available on hand.

‘No uniform test for cancer-causing substances in J&J baby products’ — drug regulator summoned

Child rights body issues summons over lack of standard testing methods to screen for presence of formaldehyde and asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo and talcum powder.

Zee News on vaccine approval, Times Now on ‘green shoots’ in Indian economy

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Serum expects govt to sign pricing deal for Covishield within days

Officials have 'indicated orally' that first 100mn vaccines will be purchased at Rs 200 & a deal should be inked 'in next one or two days', according to Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla.

Strict follow-up, informed consent from recipients — conditions set for cleared Covid vaccines

India has given conditional emergency-use licence to two Covid vaccines — the Oxford-AstraZeneca candidate Covishield, and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.

Dr Reddy’s gets drug controller’s nod to conduct human clinical trial for Russian vaccine

Earlier in September 2020, Dr.Reddy's and Russian Direct Investment Fund entered into a partnership to conduct clinical trials of Sputnik V vaccine and its distribution in India.

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.

DCGI approves commercial launch of low cost Covid-19 test ‘Feluda’

The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test achieves accuracy levels of RT-PCR tests with quicker turnaround time & less expensive equipment.

Govt approves manufacture of 471 cocktail drugs related to vitamins, minerals, micronutrients

The safety of these fixed drug combinations will be monitored regularly and any failure on the manufacturers' part to submit a periodic safety update will be deemed illegal.

Task force decides against including Itolizumab in clinical management protocols for Covid

Itolizumab was approved for 'restricted emergency use' in the treatment of coronavirus by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) recently.

On Camera

India will absorb Trump tariff impact due to its Achilles’ heel

Like China, India remains a big domestic market, which will continue to attract investment, but the US tariffs will make India unattractive for future investments.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Was Pahalgam a trap by Pakistan to lure India into a conflict? An Army officer thinks so

Speaking at tri-service seminar, Major General SP Vishwasrao also said farmers’ protest, anti-CAA agitation & situation in Manipur was part of ‘larger ploy’ to destabilise India.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.