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Topic: Vaccine

Flagging bird flu’s ‘pandemic potential’, ICMR calls on private firms to collaborate on human vaccine

India's apex health research body has warned that H5N1 infection in humans has a high case fatality rate, exceeding 50 percent.

India’s Vaccine Regulation System Meets WHO Standards

A review was carried out by international experts between 16 and 20 September.

ICMR back in race to offer world’s 1st vaccine for deadly shigella, to tie up with Indian manufacturer

ICMR had in 2019 licensed technology for scaling up and commercialisation of its shigella vaccine to MSD-Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories, but the deal fell through.

BRICS Vaccine Research Center launched in India

New Delhi: In a statement issued after the meeting, Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra said that the BRICS Vaccine Research and Development Centre, established...

Government signs MoU with UNDP for capacity building and digitalization of vaccine cold chain management

This partnership aims to enhance the digitalization of vaccine cold chain management, capacity building, and communication planning in India.

Panel will keep watch for violation of new drug marketing code, says pharma secretary

Implemented in March, UCPMP 2024 will look into complaints regarding unethical practices in sector. Code gains significance given that Patanjali is facing SC heat for misleading ads.

Global panel calls for scaling up cholera vaccine supply to combat ongoing upsurge in cases

International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision (ICG) noted that 473,000 cases of cholera were reported to the WHO in 2022.

Govt for the first time considers pre-exposure anti-rabies shots for kids as dog bite cases ‘rise’

National Centre for Disease Control formed panel to discuss such vaccinations through Universal Immunization Programme. Evidence being gathered to present to NTAGI, it is learnt.

World’s 1st vaccine against chikungunya primed for launch in India, says French drugmaker Valneva

VLA1553, commercially known as Ixchiq, has received USFDA clearance and will be launched in India — which has seen high number of chikungunya cases — after ‘regulatory talks with DCGI’.

WHO recommends 2nd malaria vaccine — why Oxford-SII shot is likely to cost less, have wider reach

The R21 or Matrix-M vaccine has been developed by scientists at Oxford University & is the 2nd to receive WHO recommendation, after RTS,S or AS01 (brand name Mosquirix), approved in 2021.

On Camera

India’s amphibious operations depend on contingencies. Can the Armed Forces adapt?

The declassified doctrine outlines the framework for planning and execution of amphibious operations by integrating maritime, air and land domains.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?