The Central government has approved Biological E’s Corbevax for restricted use in an emergency as a heterologous booster dose, official sources confirmed on Wednesday. On Tuesday, had reported that Corbevax booster for heterologous first has been approved by the Centre. Last month the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) recommended Biological […]
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India to start vaccinating children aged 12-14 years from tomorrow, Only Corbevax vaccine to be used
India will start vaccinating children in the age group of 12-14 years from March 16, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Chief Secretaries of all states. Only the Corbevax vaccine would be used for the beneficiaries of age group 12-13 and 13-14 years, Bhushan said. Corbevax has been […]
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Biological E seeks EUA for Covid vaccine Corbevax for children in 5-12 age group: Official sources
Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Biological E has applied for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for the 5-12 year age group, official sources said on Wednesday. The data has been submitted by the company to the Subject Expert Committee for beneficiaries between 5-12 years of age, the sources […]
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Corbevax Covid vaccine is safe, offers high antibody levels: NTAGI chief
India’s third homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax is safe and offers good immunogenicity and higher antibody levels than some other vector vaccines, said Dr N K Arora, Chairman, India’s COVID-19 Working group of National Technical Advisory Group on immunisation (NTAGI). The NTAGI chief’s remarks came after the Drugs Controller General of India’s Subject […]