China to make COVID-19 vaccine global public good: Official
Jun 07, 2020, at 01:23 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: China will make its COVID-19 vaccine a global public good when it is ready for application after successful research and clinical trials, a senior Chinese official said Sunday.
‘Global solidarity’ needed, to find affordable, accessible COVID-19 vaccine
Jun 05, 2020, at 09:12 am
New York: In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical conference on Thursday that “a vaccine, by itself, is not enough”.
First human trial of COVID-19 vaccine finds it is safe and induces rapid immune response
May 23, 2020, at 08:50 am
New York/IBNS: The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in humans, according to new research published in The Lancet.
COVID-19: Moderna announces positive interim phase 1 data for its mRNA Vaccine
May 19, 2020, at 04:59 pm
New York/IBNS: Moderna, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, has announced positive interim clinical data of mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), from the Phase 1 study led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ICMR partners with BBIL to develop indigenous COVID-19 vaccine
May 10, 2020, at 02:10 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday announced to partner with the Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to develop a fully indigenous vaccine for Covid-19 using the virus strain isolated at ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, reports said.
IIT-G collaborates with Hester Biosciences Limited to develop vaccine against COVID-19
Apr 29, 2020, at 02:57 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) is collaborating with Hester Biosciences Limited – a pharmaceutical company based in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, to work on the vaccine development against COVID-19.
Israeli scientist claims COVID-19 vaccine is two-third ready
Apr 20, 2020, at 05:44 pm
Jerusalem/IBNS: Giving a ray of hope to the world, an Israeli scientist has claimed that he is two-thirds into developing a vaccine for COVID-19.