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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine. (Photo by Paul Ellis - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images Text size
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine was approved by U.K. regulators Wednesday but the approval doesn’t look likely to change market skepticism about the company.
The vaccine developed by AstraZeneca along with Oxford University became the second to be approved for distribution by the U.K. The news was greeted with muted enthusiasm by investors, who sent the share up a modest 0.1% in London trading.
Indigenous pneumococcal vaccine hits the market
December 28, 2020
× As parts of the world roll-out the Covid-19 vaccine, India launched an indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine that would be priced at a fraction of its competitors in the local market.
The pneumococcal vaccine can now be accessible to more children across the country, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said, unlike earlier when it was dependent on products from international companies. Drug-majors Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline presently sell the product in India.
The indigenous vaccine from Serum Institute of India would be priced at half that of the existing ones sold in the country, said Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive of the company. It would be priced at $3 for a dose, and involved three doses, he said. The vaccine development involved a collaboration of over eight years, along with PATH and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he said, adding that it was tailored to protect against 6A and 19A strains
Prominent Delhi hospital says it is ready for Covid immunisation
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Prominent Delhi hospital says it is ready for Covid immunisation.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 23 : A prominent hospital in south Delhi is ready to store the bulk of Covid vaccines required to inoculate people as per the priority set by the Centre.
The Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) has readied approximately 30 deep refrigerators which could store the variants of vaccine candidates for Covid-19, waiting for emergency use authorisation, its Medical Superintendent, Dr Ajaz Mustafa, told IANS.
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