Pharma

The vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech appears to retain its effectiveness against coronavirus mutations in worrying new variants that have emerged recently in Britain and South Africa, the firms said Thursday. Several new variants -- each with a cluster of genetic mutations -- have sparked fears over an increase in infectiousness as well as suggestions that the virus could...

Pharma giant AstraZeneca has defended the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine after media reports said the German government had doubts about its effectiveness among those over 65.  The Handelsblatt economic daily reported Monday that Berlin had estimated the efficacy of the jab among over-65s was just 8 percent, citing sources. Bild also said that Berlin did not expect the vaccine --...

AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford, among the front-runners in the quest to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine, face mounting questions about their trial results after acknowledging a manufacturing error. While an announcement Monday by Astra and Oxford showed their shot was 70% effective on average in a late-stage study, the scant details released by the UK partners have sparked...

Malaysia has agreed to buy 12.8 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to announce a deal with the US drugmaker after some expressed reservations over the need for ultra-cold storage. While final trial data showed that Pfizer's vaccine is 95 per cent effective, many Asian countries are not betting on it partly due...

India, a global hub for generic drugs, has launched a new scheme to boost production of active pharmaceutical ingredients that are greatly dependent on the Chinese supply chain, according to NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant. Speaking at the 14th Annual BioPharma and Healthcare Summit, he said India is now gearing up for innovation in its pharmaceutical ecosystem focusing on...

August 2020: During COVID-19 pandemic, like every sector, the Pharma sector has also done exemplary work to help combat this unprecedented crisis. Aiming to honour different pharma companies for their extraordinary works in different categories during COVID-19, HEAL Foundation — a healthcare advocacy group in Media association with Express Pharma took the initiative and organised Pharma Excellence...

New Delhi, April 30, 2022: India’s largest B2B platform for medical supplies – MEDIKABAZAAR, join hands with India Health Link (IHL), a PHYGITAL health and medical device start-up, which has come up with first-of-its-kind human-centric preventive healthcare program that aims to bridge the primary healthcare gaps in India. India Health Link (IHL) has introduced a first-of-its-kind connected ‘user centric’ and award-winning...

A massive fire broke out today at vaccine-maker Serum Institute of India's Pune facility, at a building that is under construction. It is unlikely to hit the production of Covishield, the coronavirus vaccine developed by the SII in partnership with the Oxford University and British-Swedish pharma firm AstraZeneca. Massive efforts are on to put out the blaze and several fire...

Is this the beginning of something good for Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd? More importantly, will investors regain their long lost faith in the company, whose shares have halved from their high levels of April 2015? Consider the 8% jump in its share price on Friday. News reports said the US Food and Drug Administration had delivered a voluntary action indicated...

The last shots were given at about 3:45 AM, out on the street, with literally no time to spare. All night, staff and volunteers with Seattle's Swedish Health Services had been rushing to administer hundreds of doses of the coronavirus vaccine set to expire early in the morning after a freezer malfunction. Finally, they had only a few dozen shots...