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Researchers from the Banaras Hindu University that conducted a study on the safety of Covaxin have conveyed their regret to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for acknowledging the support of the apex biomedical research regulator without proper authorisation | Latest News India

The ICMR is not associated with the study and has not provided any financial or technical support for the research, Dr Bahl said

The Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl on Monday criticised a recently published study on the long-term safety analysis of the Covaxin in adults and adolescents for its poor methodology and design, and clarified the article misleadingly and erroneously acknowledges ICMR.

Study participants were contacted telephonically one year after vaccination and their responses were recorded without any confirmation with clinical records or by physician examination

The Indian Council of Medical Research, or ICMR, has distanced itself from a follow-up study by two Banaras Hindu University professors that said nearly a third of 926 individuals who got the India-made Covaxin shot reported serious side-effects.

ICMR accused the authors of the study of erroneously adding acknowledgment of ICMRs support on findings. | Latest News India

The method of data collection has a high risk of bias, the ICMR DG said.

Rajiv Bahl highlighted that ICMR was acknowledged for research support without any prior approval of or intimation to ICMR. - The Vaccine War! ICMR Gets Heavy On BHU Over Covaxin Side Effects Study, Mentions Legal Action

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has requested the authors of a study on the Covaxin vaccine to remove its acknowledgment from the publi

ICMR distances itself from BHU study on Covaxin safety, threatens legal action against authors for unauthorized acknowledgment. | Latest News India