Drug Controller General of India

05 Feb 2021
Just two days before pharma major Pfizer announced the withdrawal of its application for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in India, an expert panel of the country's drugs regulatory authority had recommended against granting such approval to the firm at this stage.

09 Jan 2021
A 42-year-old volunteer named Deepak Marawi, from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh died nearly ten days after he participated in the clinical trial for COVAXIN held at a private hospital, its vice-chancellor said on Saturday.

05 Jan 2021
Global leaders have lauded India's leadership in scientific innovation and decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

04 Oct 2020
The Indian government is planning to provide vaccines to roughly 25 crore people by July 2021, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.

18 Aug 2020
As India reels under coronavirus catastrophe, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, chairperson of Biocon Ltd., joined the long list of famous personalities to test positive for the highly-contagious disease.

30 Jul 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge, all hopes rest on the development of a vaccine to beat the virus.

19 Jul 2020
India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate, COVAXIN, is set to go into human trials at AIIMS Delhi.

09 Jul 2020
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to surge worldwide, efforts to develop a vaccine have been expedited.

24 Mar 2020
In a major development, Pune-based molecular diagnostics company Mylab Discovery Solutions has been given the go-ahead to develop testing kits for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

25 Nov 2017
We might have a vaccine for dengue by the end of 2019.