by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The billionaire Struengmann family behind Covid-19 vaccine maker BioNTech is in talks to take a stake in German diagnostics firm Munich Leukemia Laboratory (MLL) as it seeks to add investments in the healthcare sector, people close to the matter said. "We are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Europe's medicines regulator reiterated its backing of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, saying no particular group of age, sex or a previous medical history was especially susceptible to blood clotting after receiving the shot. However, while repeating that the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva: WHO vaccine experts said Wednesday that an interim analysis of clinical trial data from two Chinese Covid-19 vaccines showed they demonstrated "safety and good efficacy", but that more data was needed. The Chinese firms Sinovac and Sinopharm,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
The Brazilian health regulator Anvisa has denied permission to import Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin into the country after its authorities found that the plant in which the vaccine is being made did not meet the Current Good Manufacturing Practice...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life
Washington: Heart attacks in young adults are twice as likely to be fatal in those with inflammatory conditions like psoriasis, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, suggest the findings of a new study. The study was published in the European Journal of Preventive...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Covid-19 was the primary or contributing cause of 377,883 deaths in the United States last year, with a particularly high toll among the elderly, according to a government report released on Wednesday. The Covid-19 mortality rate made it the third leading cause of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: US-based arms of domestic pharma firms Zydus Cadila and Alembic Pharmaceuticals are recalling one drug each in the US after receiving complaints against the products. Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc and Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc are voluntarily...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New York: Mutations could render current Covid-19 vaccines ineffective in a year or less, according to two-thirds of 77 epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists from 28 countries surveyed by People's Vaccine Alliance. The results published...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
NEW DELHI: The Indian government and central bank have agreed to retain the bank’s inflation target of 2%-6% for the next five years, a finance ministry official said. The monetary policy framework, signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 31, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Central government on Wednesday said there is no shortage of coronavirus vaccines with states and union territories and that it will continually replenish the supplies. So far, 6.30 crore doses of corona vaccine have been administered in the...
