Pharma

The news reached Sarah Gilbert Saturday evening that the Covid-19 vaccine she's developed with AstraZeneca Plc appeared to work. But the University of Oxford professor had expected a key number: Was it more than 90% effective, as others have been -- or less? Instead, when her colleague Andrew Pollard called with the results, he wanted to show her slides instead...

Strides Pharma Science's step-down subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte., Singapore, has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for Prednisone tablets, Strides Pharma announced in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Monday. At 2:37 pm, Strides Pharma shares were trading at ₹ 698.10, lower by 1.72 per cent, on the BSE, after touching an intra-day...

US biotech giant Pfizer and German partner BioNTech sought approval Friday to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early, a first step towards relief as surging infections prompt a return to shutdowns that traumatized nations and the global economy earlier this year. The world is looking to scientists for salvation from the global pandemic. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla on Thursday said the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine should be available for healthcare workers and elderly people by around February 2021 and by April for the general public, and will be priced at a maximum of ₹ 1,000 for two necessary doses for the public, depending on the final trial results...

The anti-viral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat Covid-19 patients no matter how severe their illness as it has "no important effect" on survival chances, the World Health Organization said Friday. Scratching one of the few treatments that had shown some initial promise in severe patients, a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) of international experts said there was...

Britain has secured 5 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc after it reported positive trial results, health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday, with the earliest doses expected for delivery in spring. Interim data from a late-stage trial indicated Moderna's vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19. "We have today secured an initial agreement for 5...

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma on Thursday gained nearly 7 per cent in early trade after the company reported a 26 per cent increase in consolidated net profit in the second quarter ended September. After opening in the green, the stock further jumped 6.47 per cent to Rs 863.60 on the BSE. On the NSE, shares of the company rose by 6.56...

Pfizer shares soared nearly 20 per cent to an all-time high on the BSE in early trading after its parent company, the US-based multinational pharma firm Pfizer said that its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in association with the German partner BioNTech SE, was more than 90 per cent effective against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Riding on the...

A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials, the companies announced Monday. The statement was released as coronavirus cases are soaring across the world, and European stock markets and oil prices jumped on the news. According to preliminary findings, protection in patients was achieved seven days after the...

India raced ahead with work on its coronavirus vaccine while Britain's AstraZeneca said its deliveries were running "a little bit late" as countries around the world sought to conquer the pandemic and rescue their economies. A vaccine is seen as the world's best bet for taming a virus that has infected more than 48 million people, led to more than...