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India backs AstraZeneca shot despite South Africa halt
Paul said Johnson & Johnson could manufacture its shot in India. He also said many more vaccines, including Russia’s Sputnik V, Cadila Healthcare’s ZyCov-D and a Novavax product, were in the queue.
EU antitrust regulators halt Aon, Willis probe, await data
The European Commission, which kicked off its probe in December because of concerns the deal to create the world’s largest insurance broker may hurt competition in major markets, said it stopped the clock on Monday.
“This procedure in merger investigations is activated if the parties fail to provide, in a timely fashion, an important piece of information that the Commission has requested from them,” a spokeswoman for the EU competition enforcer said.
A few Covid vaccine recipients developed a rare blood disorder
It is not known whether this blood disorder is related to the Covid vaccines.
More than 31 million people in the United States have received at least one dose, and 36 similar cases had been reported to the government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, VAERS, by the end of January. The cases involved either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine, the only two authorized so far for emergency use in the United States.
Astrazeneca gets nod to use ant-diabetes drug for kidney disease in India
“Despite currently available therapies, a significant unmet need for effective management of CKD continues to exist globally. With the approval of dapagliflozin for CKD in India, an already effective type-2 diabetes and select heart failure treatment, can now be used by nephrologists in the management of CKD,” AstraZeneca India Vice President – Medical Affairs and Regulatory Anil Kukreja said.
South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive
“The AstraZeneca vaccine appeared effective against the original strain, but not against the variant,” Mkhize said. “We have decided to put a temporary hold on the rollout of the vaccine … more work needs to be done.”
Health insurance to see higher double-digits growth in medium term: Report
“While Covid-19-like scenarios would be rare events, it would increase the premium pricing for the entire populace, with extra care needed for the treatment of infectious diseases,” the report said.
India proved wrong all those who raised apprehensions: PM on govt’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic
Modi said there were predictions like crores would be infected and lakhs would die.
He said India emerged as a hub of pharmacy for the world during the pandemic, and added that the country is implementing the world’s largest vaccination programme.
Experimental drug can speed up Covid-19 recovery, says new study
“This treatment has large therapeutic potential, especially at this moment as we see aggressive variants of the virus spreading around the globe which are less sensitive to both vaccines and treatment with antibodies,” said study co-author Jordan Feld from the Toronto Centre for Liver Disease in Canada.
Did Covid-19 come from Wuhan seafood market? Investigators find fresh clues
Investigators want to know how the SARS-CoV-2 virus — whose closest known relative came from bats 1,000 miles away — spread explosively in Wuhan before causing the worst contagion in more than a century. Daszak said the investigation heralds a turning point in pandemic mitigation.
Indian economy is witnessing V-shaped recovery, says Anurag Thakur
“In the next four to five years, India would become a USD five trillion economy. The general budget for 2021-22 has been designed carefully,” he said.