UP govt may directly get COVID-19 vaccine doses from international markets
Talking about the tender, Uttar Pradesh government s Additional Chief Secretary Navneet Sehgal said the pre-bid meeting for it will be held on Wednesday and all interest players can participate it
PTI | May 11, 2021 | Updated 20:39 IST
Sputnik V, developed by Russia, is the only foreign-made vaccine that has been approved for emergency use by the Centre for production and use in India
The Uttar Pradesh government may directly procure a large amount of international Covid-19 vaccines such as Sputnik V and those developed by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, officials in the state government said on Tuesday. The state government had floated a global tender for 40 million of vaccine doses earlier this month to fulfil its huge requirements.
Questions remain on DRDO’s COVID drug
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Experts flag lack of published data on performance in human trials, history of drug’s use in cancer cure
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On the frontline: A team of doctors and nurses at work in a COVID care centre near Ahmedabad.
Experts flag lack of published data on performance in human trials, history of drug’s use in cancer cure
A drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for “emergency use” in those with moderate to severe COVID may soon make its way to hospitals for treating moderate and severely ill patients, but independent experts say that from the information so far available, the drug s utility in COVID care has not been established.