With the approval of the single-dose J&J vaccine, India has five vaccines that have got approval for emergency use. The others are Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik V and Moderna.
Johnson & Johnson Friday said that it remains committed to bringing the single-dose vaccine and accelerating its availability in India through collaboration with Biological E.
The study, released on bioRxiv, found that J&J’s shot produced roughly five-fold lower levels of antibodies against Delta strain compared to levels raised against an early strain.
J&J said the recipients of its vaccine produced strong neutralising antibodies over the course of at least eight months against all variants, including Delta.
This comes after the US Supreme Court refused to consider J&J’s objections to a 2018 jury finding. The company still faces more than 25,000 lawsuits blaming baby powder for causing cancers.
In late March, workers at a biodefence plant in Baltimore accidentally mixed ingredients of Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines, contaminating 15 million doses.
More than than 8 million Americans have been given J&J’s vaccine, which was haulted after a number of cases of blood clots emerged, especially in young women.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
COMMENTS