8 vaccines, 4 treatments in India's COVID-19 arsenal

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has granted restricted emergency use authorisation to two new vaccines and a drug for COVID-19, taking the number of preventives and treatments......

Omicron study: Sputnik V and Light booster effective

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine and its one-shot version Sputnik Light booster demonstrates high virus-neutralising activity (VNA) against the highly-contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, providing a......

Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine gets phase 3 SEC trial nod

The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has  recommended the conduct of Phase III clinical trials of Russia's single dose COVID-19 vaccine......

Russia reaches out to Kerala for Sputnik V plant

The government may look at areas around Thonnakkal, in Thiruvananthapuram district, for the facility. If successful, this would be one of the few sites of Sputnik V owned by Russian firms......