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HYDERABAD: Vaccine maker Biological E Ltd has received approval from the subject expert committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) to start phase III clinical trials of its Covid-19 subunit vaccine candidate. The company is developing the vaccine with Texas-based Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).
The phase III trials of the recombinant protein vaccine will be conducted on 1,268 healthy volunteers in the 18 to 80 age bracket across 15 sites in India to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the vaccine. This is part of a larger global phase III study, Biological E said on Saturday.
06 April 2021
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Japanese engineering, procurement, and construction firm JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC HD) has agreed to invest USD40 million in small modular reactor developer NuScale Power. It will also partner with Fluor Corporation - NuScale s majority investor - on the deployment of NuScale power plants.
How a NuScale SMR plant could look (Image: NuScale)
JGC HD said it will invest USD40 million in NuScale through a special-purpose company established by JGC s US subsidiary. It plans to participate in NuScale s first SMR plant through JGC Corporation, the group company that handles overseas EPC business. JGC Corporation will collaborate with Fluor. In the medium and long term, JGC Corporation will work with Fluor to secure and execute SMR EPC projects on a global basis, and intends to seek opportunities in integrating SMRs with renewable energy, as well as with hydrogen production and seawater desalination, JGC said.
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
Oil prices held on at the end of the week, set to close out mostly flat from a week earlier. Oil prices are trapped between horrific downside risks, mostly in India, offset by growing optimism in the U.S. and to a lesser extent in Europe.
India’s oil demand in doubt. India posted several days of record-setting Covid-19 cases, and Bloomberg reports that demand for fuels could plunge by 20% in April. “Given the grim situation, it’s likely that the lockdowns could be in place for several weeks or even a couple of months,” said Senthil Kumaran, head of South Asia oil at industry consultant FGE. “India’s total key oil products demand will see a significant pullback.”