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Image for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The maker of the indigenous coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), has admitted to an “inadvertent error” in patent filings to protect the vaccine’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). One of India’s leading biotechnology companies, it had failed to include scientists from…
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Students from various organisation protest over the NEET-UG and UGC-NET examinations issue outside Ministry of Education in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP NEET-PG postponed, CBI to probe NEET-UG allegations, NTA chief removed, as panel set up for agency overhaul With questions being raised about the “integrity of certain competitive examinations”, the Health…
An observational study carried out by researchers from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi to assess the safety of Covaxin, particularly the long-term adverse events of special interest (AESIs) one year after vaccination, in adolescents and adults has been criticised by ICMR for the poor study design. However, till date, neither ICMR nor Bharat Biotech has…
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Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin was one of two Covid-19 vaccines available in India (File). New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research, or ICMR, has distanced itself from a follow-up study by two Banaras Hindu University professors that said nearly a third of 926 individuals who received the India-made Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine reported serious side-effects. The study…
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Quick Take As per a social media user, Covaxin COVID vaccine can cause death after two years of vaccination. The user also claims that the Covaxin has caused the deaths of crores of people. We did the fact check and it came out to be false. The claim An X user has shared a post…
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The safety of Covaxin was also evaluated by the Ministry of Health, said the company. The Covaxin was developed with a single-minded focus on safety first, said its maker Bharat Biotech on Thursday, days after British pharma giant AstraZeneca admitted that its Covid vaccine can cause rare side effects. The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech underlined that…
