Exclusive: Mumbai Gets 3 Bids From Russia s Sputnik Covid Vaccine Makers Exclusive: Mumbai Gets 3 Bids From Russia s Sputnik Covid Vaccine Makers The RDIF s bids for Mumbai comes when Punjab and Delhi have said that private firms have refused their request for Covid vaccine supply.
RDIF has said it will transfer one crore Sputnik V doses to BMC in 60 days.
New Delhi:
Mumbai has received three bids for the supply of Russia s Sputnik V Covid vaccine, government sources have said. The city s civic body had earlier this month placed global tenders for one crore doses.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had placed the tenders on May 11. These were issued under India s latest nationwide COVID-19 inoculation policy, allowing state governments to procure Covid vaccine doses directly from producers.
DRDO s drug was effective on brain cancer patients, can t say about Covid-19
DRDO’s drug was first used in a human clinical study on brain tumour patients by Dr A K Banerji at AIIMS, Delhi, along with Dr Viney Jain, former director of INMAS LAB.
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Dr AK Banerji who served at AIIMS neurosurgery department for 30 years, said that the drug was reasonably effective on cancer.
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NEW DELHI: Oral anti-viral drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), developed by the DRDO and being touted as a potential game-changer in the battle against Covid-19, was first used in a human clinical study on brain tumour patients by Dr A K Banerji at AIIMS, Delhi, along with Dr Viney Jain, former director of INMAS LAB (DRDO).
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