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After 20 kids die, DCGI cracks down on cough syrup quality failures

The DCGI orders came in the wake of Madhya Pradesh's cough syrup deaths.
india news
Published on Oct 09, 2025 10:10 am IST

Karnataka govt asks DCGI to probe Ringer Lactate firm after maternal deaths

Karnataka govt asks DCGI to probe Ringer Lactate firm after maternal deaths (Pic for representation)
bengaluru news
Published on Dec 03, 2024 07:50 pm IST

DCGI asks doctors to advise patients against use of Pholcodine cough syrups

DCGI has asked doctors to advise patients to stop taking pholcodine containing cough syrups and cold remedies and suggest an alternative to treat their symptoms. (Representative Photo)
india news
Published on Jul 20, 2023 01:25 pm IST

Test cough syrups meant for exports on priority: DCGI

Outside the office of Marion Biotech in Noida. (Reuters)
india news
Updated on May 25, 2023 12:34 am IST

Covovax to be available on CoWIN as booster dose soon. Check details

Covovax can be administered to those who have already vaccinated with Covishield or Covaxin. (AFP)
india news
Published on Apr 10, 2023 05:01 pm IST

Serum institute seeks to add Covovax on CoWIN portal as booster dose for adults

The letter was written by Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Serum Institute of India (SII) on March 27, they said.
india news
Published on Apr 03, 2023 08:10 pm IST

Gambia deaths: Expert dismisses fears about Indian cough syrups

Gambia President Adama Barrow on Friday said that the situation is presently under control with only two diagnoses in the last two weeks.
india news
Published on Oct 08, 2022 02:03 pm IST

News updates from HT: Akali leader Majithia gets interim protection from arrest

Former Punjab minister and senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia is wanted in a drugs case registered against him last month. 
india news
Published on Jan 10, 2022 04:57 pm IST

Govt to buy one crore doses of Zydus Cadila's needle-free Covid-19 vaccine

ZyCov-D is a three-dose vaccine whose second and third doses are to be taken 28 and 56 days respectively after the first one.
india news
Published on Nov 07, 2021 05:56 pm IST

Dr Reddy’s gets DCGI nod to conduct phase 3 Sputnik Light trials

A health worker administers the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine (AP)
india news
Updated on Sept 16, 2021 02:57 am IST

'Need more scientific data to clarify’: Centre on mixing of Covid-19 vaccines

The study on mixing of Covid-19 vaccines is being conducted with 300 volunteers who are administered a dose each of Covaxin and Covishield – the first two vaccines to receive the DCGI nod.
india news
Published on Sept 15, 2021 06:23 am IST

Biological E’s Corbevax may be launched in October: Niti Aayog’s VK Paul

In June, the Union health ministry had said Biological E would supply 30 crore doses of Corbevax to India by December.
india news
Published on Sept 03, 2021 02:17 pm IST

DCGI allows Serum Institute to manufacture Sputnik V vaccine in India

A health worker prepares a dose of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19
india news
Published on Jun 04, 2021 09:30 pm IST

India records 18,088 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, death toll over 1.5 lakh

Healthcare workers prepare a vaccination room inside a classroom of a school, which was converted into a temporary Covid-19 vaccination centre in Ahmedabad, on January 4.
india news
Updated on Jan 06, 2021 09:46 am IST

‘Bharat Biotech vaccine approved in clinical trial mode, consent of participants has to be taken’: ICMR

Healthcare workers during a mock drill for dry run of Covid-19 vaccination programme, at MMG hospital in Ghaziabad on Tuesday.
india news
Updated on Jan 06, 2021 10:17 am IST

Manish Tiwari hits out at the Centre for premature Covid vaccine roll-out

Member of Parliament Manish Tiwari.
india news
Published on Jan 05, 2021 04:22 pm IST

Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech pledge smooth Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

Representational image.
india news
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 05:03 pm IST

Drug regulator gives final approval for Covid-19 vaccines of SII, Bharat Biotech

A health worker takes part in a dry run or a mock drill for Covid-19 vaccine delivery at a model vaccination centre at Ansari Road in New Delhi.
health
Updated on Jan 03, 2021 01:55 pm IST

Drugs regulator chief’s press conference today, approval of Covid-19 vaccines likely

An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's Covishield from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India in Pune in this file photo.
india news
Updated on Jan 03, 2021 09:13 am IST

SII’s Covishield approval: Efficacy, cost and all about AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

An employee in PPE removes vials of AstraZeneca's Covishield inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India.
india news
Updated on Jan 01, 2021 09:03 pm IST

Covid-19: When, where and how to receive vaccine? All you need to know

The health ministry reiterated that the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is voluntary.
india news
Updated on Dec 18, 2020 06:43 pm IST

Review of Covid vaccine applications of Pfizer, SII, Bharat Biotech tomorrow: Report

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo.
india news
Updated on Dec 08, 2020 06:16 am IST

Besides Bharat Biotech, who else has applied for emergency use authorisation in India

A research scientist works inside a laboratory of India's Serum Institute, the world's largest maker of vaccines, which is working on vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pune.
india news
Updated on Dec 07, 2020 11:34 pm IST

Covid-19: India won’t allow trial of Russia’s Sputnik V in large study

A nurse prepares Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine for inoculation in a post-registration trials stage at a clinic in Moscow.
india news
Updated on Oct 08, 2020 08:49 am IST

DGCI asks Dr Reddy’s lab to revise protocol to conduct Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V trials

A nurse shows a box with Russia's ‘Sputnik-V’ vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) prepared for inoculation in a post-registration trials stage at a clinic in Moscow.
india news
Published on Oct 06, 2020 07:16 am IST

Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine to use ViroVax’s adjuvant for longer-lasting immunity

Kansas-based ViroVax LLC has licensed their adjuvant for the use of Covaxin, which is currently undergoing advanced stages of clinical trials in India.
health
Updated on Oct 05, 2020 12:08 pm IST

Early lab studies offer hope for plant-based drugs to treat coronavirus

In molecular docking studies conducted recently, Solanum nigrum (black nightshade; Makoy in Hindi), a weed and a vegetable commonly consumed in many parts of the country, the team says they found remarkable results. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Sept 02, 2020 07:08 pm IST

PGIMER to start Oxford Covid vaccine trials by end of August

PGIMER has been selected for the trials after the Drugs Controller General of India granted approvals to the Serum Institute of India in Pune for conducting phase 2 and 3 of the Covishield trials.
chandigarh news
Updated on Aug 03, 2020 09:44 pm IST

Serum Institute asked to revise protocol for Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial

Nurse prepares a shot as the world's biggest study of a possible Covid-19 vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. gets underway on July 27, 2020 in Binghamton, NY.
india news
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 08:01 am IST

Polio surveillance enhanced in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana

Traces of Polio Virus Type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company.
india news
Updated on Oct 04, 2018 01:39 pm IST
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