"We need to have the government indemnify manufacturers, especially vaccine manufacturers, against all lawsuits. In fact, COVAX and other countries have already started talking about that," Poonawalla said
Read MoreAccording to an official statement, the FDA has determined that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has met the statutory criteria for issuance of an emergency use authorisation (EUA).
Read MoreThe agency''s initial allotment of about 22,000 vaccine doses from Pfizer and Germany''s BioNTech arrived Monday at distribution centres on vast portions of the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico and in urban places like Phoenix, where hundreds of health care workers who care for Native Americans got vaccinated on Thursday.
Read MoreIndia also needed $30 million to $80 million for the infrastructure to transport and store vaccines that must be kept at very low temperatures
Read MoreThe immunizing campaign will rapidly expand in the days to come with states beginning to include nursing homes.
Read MoreThe coronavirus pandemic and its fallout have pushed consumers towards online pharmacy in 2020. This space, therefore, is now a hotbed of big investors and bigger brands, all keen to ride on the e-pharma bandwagon. It is a space to watch out for in 2021
Read MoreThe company is investing the amount in the facility to keep up with expected demand based on current forecasts, including potential new opportunities
Read MoreThe government is pinning its hopes for mass supply on Serum Institute, which lodged the first formal application for emergency-use approval of AstraZeneca's shot on Monday.
Read MoreThe claim is malicious because the volunteer was specifically informed by the medical team that the complications he suffered were independent of the vaccine trial he underwent
Read MoreIn a surprise, the group of volunteers that got a lower dose seemed to be much better protected than the volunteers who got two full doses.
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