The DCGI office had granted SII permission to manufacture and stock Covovax on May 17
28 Nov 2021 12:47 PM
Government defends move, says it is to incentivise vaccine makers
11 May 2021 7:54 AM
SII will serve 50% of the total production to the GoI vaccination program, and remaining will be for State governments and private hospitals
21 Apr 2021 1:55 PM
This change in the government’s plan comes as the desired target for vaccinations is yet to be achieved
08 Apr 2021 8:53 AM
In a letter to the Serum Institute, DCGI said it is permitted to apply the shelf life of nine months to unlabelled vials available on hand
31 Mar 2021 12:25 PM
Chinese hacking group APT10, also known as Stone Panda, identified gaps in the IT infra and supply chain software of Bharat Biotech and SII
02 Mar 2021 8:00 AM
The government is now in a hurry to start vaccination drive, the schedule for which will be announced soon
05 Jan 2021 7:23 AM
The recommendation on Covishield has been forwarded to the Drugs Controller General of India, which is likely to take a final call soon
02 Jan 2021 12:36 AM
‘Expert panels seeks more data on efficiency, safety’
09 Dec 2020 11:36 PM
Poonawalla had said Serum will first focus on supplying the vaccine to Indians before distributing it to other countries
08 Dec 2020 11:43 AM
The trials of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate were halted world over after one volunteer developed 'unexplained illness'
17 Sep 2020 12:32 PM
Adverse effects were noted on two human subjects who volunteered for the phase 3 trials of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
11 Sep 2020 1:15 PM
The move came a day after the company stated that it would push ahead with the trials in India
11 Sep 2020 3:21 AM
The SII has been issued a show cause notice by Indian drug controller DCGI after one volunteer reported unwell in UK
10 Sep 2020 11:29 AM
AstraZeneca said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, due to an unexplained illness in a study participant
09 Sep 2020 4:20 PM
The vaccine trials are being conducted by the Serum Institute of India in Pune
27 Aug 2020 12:29 PM
The phase-2 trial will be conducted on 100 volunteers at some sites across the country.
27 Aug 2020 11:11 AM
In all 25 candidates will given the vaccine in the next seven days, according to Dr Lalwani
26 Aug 2020 5:01 PM
The panel had also recommended that the clinical trial sites which have been proposed for the study be distributed across India
03 Aug 2020 9:09 AM
If human clinical trials are successful, product will be out in the market by October
26 Apr 2020 1:55 PM