WHO warns of falsified cough syrup ingredients seized in Pakistan
Reuters The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five contaminated batches of propylene glycol, an ingredient used in medicinal syrups, that appear to have been falsely labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical units in Asia and Europe. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) issued three alerts between January and […]
COVID-19 vaccines: Could Novavax win over some religious sceptics?
Novavax’s CEO has framed his company’s vaccine as an alternative for those who object to the use of fetal cell lines in the development of existing popular vaccines. JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports…
‘Quad’ nations agree to send a billion vaccines across Asia by end-2022; WHO approves J&J vaccine for emergency use
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan agreed to pool financing, manufacturing and distribution capacity to send one billion coronavirus vaccines across Asia by the end of 2022, India’s Foreign Secretary said on Friday. The so-called “Quad” group of four nations want to expand global vaccinations and counter China’s growing […]
Explainer: Can coronavirus vaccines reach developing countries?
Thomson Reuters Foundation Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is more stable than expected at temperatures that ordinary refrigerators can provide and can be distributed using existing cold-chain shipping and storage infrastructure. That opens the door for its early use in hard to reach places that might not be appropriate for Pfizer Inc’s vaccine which needs ultra-cold storage. Vials labelled “COVID-19 […]
WHO’s Tedros says countries on “dangerous track” in pandemic
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The world is now at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the prospect of health services collapsing under the strain, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday. “We are at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the […]
J&J pauses COVID-19 vaccine trials due to unexplained illness in participant
Bengalaru, India/Los Angeles and Oakland, USReuters Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest profile efforts to contain the global pandemic. The participant’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by an independent data […]