US could approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids matured 5-11 in October Kumar Jeetendra | September 11, 2021 Top U.S. health officials believe that Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could be authorized for children aged 5-11 years old by the end of October, two sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. The timeline is based on the expectation that Pfizer, which developed the shot with Germany’s BioNTech, will have enough data from clinical …
Vaccines powerful against Delta variant of Covid: US study Kumar Jeetendra | September 13, 2021 COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing hospitalisations and emergency department visits caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a US study. The research that used national data also indicates that Moderna’s vaccine is significantly more effective against Delta variant than Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson preventives. “These real-world data show that …
Granules India And Jubilant Cadista Recall Products In US Market Kumar Jeetendra | September 13, 2021 Granules India and Jubilant Cadista, two generic drug manufacturers, are recalling several goods in the United States, the world’s largest market for medicines, for various reasons. According to the latest Enforcement Report issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), Granules India’s US-based unit is recalling over 1.14 crore Naproxen Sodium tablets, a non-steroidal …
Aleor Dermaceuticals gets USFDA gesture for generic antibacterial gel Kumar Jeetendra | September 13, 2021 Drug firm Alembic Pharmaceuticals on Monday said its joint venture Aleor Dermaceuticals has received approval from the US health regulator for generic Metronidazole gel, used in the treatment of inflammatory lesions of rosacea. Aleor Dermaceuticals Ltd has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) …
IBM Research and Arctoris accelerate closed loop drug discovery with AI and Cloud Kumar Jeetendra | September 13, 2021 Oxford and Zurich – 13 September 2021 – Today, IBM Research and Arctoris announced they are investigating the application of AI and automation to accelerate closed loop molecule discovery. IBM Research has developed RXN for Chemistry, an online platform leveraging state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) architectures to automate synthetic chemistry. Representing chemical reactions via SMILES …
Biolinx India Biosafety Cabinets with Advanced Human Machine Interface (HMI) Touch Screen display Kumar Jeetendra | September 14, 2021 A Biosafety cabinet (BSC)— likewise called as biological safety cabinet or microbiological safety cabinet—is an enclosed, ventilated laboratory workspace for safely working with materials contaminated with (or potentially contaminated with) pathogens requiring a defined biosafety level. Salient features: 1. NSF | EN 12469 | CE Certified 2. Advanced human Machine Interface (HMI) Touch Screen display …
Researchers develop another approach to grow little pancreas replicas Kumar Jeetendra | September 14, 2021 In collaboration with Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute scientists, engineers from MIT have created a new method to create tiny replicas of pancreas using healthy and cancerous pancreatic cell lines. These models could be used by researchers to test and develop potential treatments for pancreatic cancer. This is one of the most difficult types. Researchers …
Aviation Ministry awards ICMR restrictive authorization to utilize drones for vaccine delivery Kumar Jeetendra | September 14, 2021 The Civil Aviation Ministry said on September 13 it has granted conditional permission to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to use drones in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, and Nagaland to deliver vaccines beyond the visual line of sight. The ICMR has been permitted to use drones up to a height of 3,000 …
India considers continuing vaccine export soon,focus around Africa, says source Kumar Jeetendra | September 15, 2021 India is considering resuming exports of COVID-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. India, the world’s biggest maker of vaccines overall, stopped vaccine exports in April to focus on inoculating its own population …
Dr Reddy’s gets DCGI gesture to lead stage 3 trial of Sputnik Light in India Kumar Jeetendra | September 15, 2021 Dr Reddy’s Laboratories was granted approval by the drugs regulator to conduct Phase III trials of single-dose COVID-19 vaccination Sputnik Light. According to Hindustan Times, the subject expert committee (SEC), of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation CDSO (CDSO), had recommended to the Drugs Controller General of India(DCGI) that approval be granted to conduct Bridging …
Scientists foster new device to assist with giving early warning of uncommon and unknown virus Kumar Jeetendra | September 16, 2021 McMaster University researchers have created a new tool that can help identify deadly bacteria pathogens and early warning signs of unknown viruses. This algorithm can be used to develop advanced probes that capture trace amounts of pathogens from a variety of situations such as the animal-to human transmission of infections like SARS-CoV-2, or monitor environmental …
US OKs new use for Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 diagnosis Kumar Jeetendra | September 17, 2021 Alaska’s state epidemiologist says Alaska is experiencing “one of the sharpest surges” in COVID-19 in the country.Dr. Joe McLaughlin added that it’s not clear when the situation might stabilize. He says a lot will depend on vaccination rates and measures such as masking and distancing. Health officials says hospitals are stressed, with staffing and capacity …
