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TopicSinopharm

Topic: Sinopharm

China’s Sinopharm vaccine gets a seal of approval as JAMA publishes study of its success

The study says the two inactivated vaccines developed by Sinopharm prevented symptomatic infections by 72.8% & 78.1%, largely in-line with what the drugmaker previously announced.

With India & US stumbling, the world is turning to China for vaccines

Demand is expected to rise if WHO authorises China’s Sinovac & Sinopharm vaccines, allowing developing countries in Asia, Africa & Latin America to access them through Covax.

China opens mass domestic Covid inoculation drive to diplomats, foreign journalists

A notice issued to foreign journalists in Beijing Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm's China National Biotec Group.

Chinese Covid vaccine maker CanSino to offer Pakistan 20 million doses

CanSino has applied for regulatory approval in Pakistan and will be give the country preferential access to the single-shot vaccine. Pakistan is yet to start its vaccination drive.

Bahrain approves registration of China’s Covid vaccine Sinopharm

The vaccine has already been administered to hundreds of thousands of people under emergency authorization in China, but it’s yet to receive public use approval from any drug regulators.

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Why peptides are the most exciting intersection between biotechnology and dermatology

PDRN, a bioactive molecule, has gained popularity in Korea. It is commonly used in treatments designed to restore skin quality rather than simply reduce wrinkles.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.