The joint secretary also said a high-level task force to work on frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing was formed on Sunday.
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The economics and pricing of the Covishield vaccines and the government's own decision to pay higher prices raise more than a few questions, observes Prosenjit Datta.
On the men's side, the fields have already been divided into two ATP 250 tournaments.
At least 85 people have died of coronavirus with the confirmed cases crossing 4,500 in the US.
The trio used the same principles of evolution -- genetic change and selection -- to develop proteins used in a range of fields.
Details on prices sought as 10 generic drugs become up to 83 times costlier in 6 months
Thirty one athletes from six sports could be banned from this year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics after 454 doping samples were re-tested from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
'The trajectory of the disease will keep increasing because of the population density being very high.'
The big companies too are responsible for the sub-standard drugs in the market.
Nestle now has less than two weeks to convince the regulator why product approval for its noodles should not be withdrawn
In a surprise announcement in April, Sun and Ranbaxy -- at that time owned by Japan's Daiichi -- declared an all-stock deal to create India's largest and world's fifth-largest drugmaker in an over $4 billion deal.
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Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
"We have received complaint from a state yesterday and so far discussed with three states. Too much variations have been reported in results of rapid test kits and RT-PCR kits. We advise states not to use them for the next two days," ICMR's Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said.
The category is expected to cross Rs 38,400 crore by 2020.
Pharma was the top losing index amid worries about their earnings outlook with Lupin down over 4%
Till Monday, 43,734 confirmed cases of coronavirus were reported in the United States.
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With final preparations underway and the vaccine set to arrive in the national capital in the next couple of days, Rohit Datta, who was the first person to be diagnosed with coronavirus infection on March 1, said "it feels surreal".
Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo Hospital on September 22.
In a major setback in the search for AIDS cure, a child in the US, who was thought to have been cured of HIV after intensive drug therapy, has been found with detectable levels of the virus, scientists say.
'Have discreet, separate corona and non-corona hospitals for treating these two categories of patients.' 'Concentrate on your non-corona patients as well.' 'Because then your diabetics, your hypertensives, the ones on dialysis, the asthmatics, who, if and when they get corona, are the ones who are going to require more intensive care and are going to be more at risk of death.'
Russia is ready to carry out an investigation into doping allegations against its athletes in concert with independent organisations, Interfax news agency quoted Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Friday.
Chairing the 19th meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 through video-conference on Friday, Vardhan said India has achieved the milestone of more than 10 lakh recoveries, a recovery rate to 64.54 per cent.
Maggi noodles was recalled in June because some states had found presence of MSG and excessive lead content in the samples.
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Ranbaxy's US factory, Ohm Laboratories, is learnt to have got a clean chit from the American regulator. This US facility was under surveillance of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the end of 2012.
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Goa on Sunday joined several other states in banning the sale of Nestle's instant noodle brand 'Maggi' which is at the centre of a raging nationwide row over food safety concerns.
Scientists around the world, including in India, suggest it hasn't been tested properly given the time constraint and there may not be enough evidence to prove its efficacy.
'The prioritisation of groups for COVID-19 vaccine shall be based on two key considerations -- occupational hazard and risk of exposure to infection, and the risk of developing severe disease and increased mortality'
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The device is intended for use in remote laboratory settings.
FDI in brownfield investment has resulted in acquisition of domestic drug-manufacturing firms by multinational companies.
Trump attributed the spike in the confirmed cases of coronavirus to the large-scale testing of the deadly disease.
5 things you must know about this scientific trailblazer.
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