A lower rate of adverse reactions was seen in trials of the youngest kids, compared with trials of older age groups, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report said.
Cipla's communication to the govt follows a recent high-level meeting during which it was discussed that Moderna has proposed to launch a single-dose vaccine for the Indian market.
While US giant Pfizer is ready to offer 5 crore shots in 2021 itself but it wants significant regulatory relaxations including indemnification, sources said Tuesday.
According to data from US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Pfizer & Moderna Covid vaccines effectively prevented infections, not just illness, with substantial protection.
Mande says current talks are scientific, and once CSIR’s Hyderabad-based CCMB understands Moderna’s mRNA technology, it can produce the vaccine ‘within weeks’.
The 27-nation bloc began immunisations last week with vaccine developed by Pfizer & BioNTech, but the pace of the rollout has been uneven, prompting comparisons with UK & US.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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