Vaccine

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought an unprecedented global health crisis since the first quarter of 2020, has reopened the discussion about the role of local pharmaceutical production in addressing the health needs in developing…
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W ith the announcement of COVAXIN by Bharat Biotech and ZyCov-D Vaccine by Zydus Cadila the proverbial silver line in the dark clouds of COVID-19 appears at the horizon. Now with the nod given by the Drug Controller General of India CDSCO…
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All of us across the globe are facing COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are actually still no drugs to help physicians treat the pandemic or vaccines to prevent the disease. However, its symptoms like fever, breathing problems, etc can be…
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The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has established stable cultures of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) from patients’ samples. Virologists at CCMB have isolated infectious viruses from several isolates. The ability to culture the…
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As we eagerly await a vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), we are reminded of 2003 SARS and 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Even after 17 years of SARS and eight years of MERS, we do…
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Global pandemic COVID-19 is now in 199 countries with reported confirmed cases above two million and mounting death tolls in thousands every day. In the absence of vaccines and medicines to prevent or treat COVID-19, many options have…
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