India approves Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccines
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency approvals to Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccines for the prevention of Covid-19. COVISHIELD has been developed at the Serum Institute of India’s laboratory in Pune with a master seed from Oxford University and pharma giant AstraZeneca. According to DCGI VG […]
Oxford University claimed that scientists from its Physics department have developed an extremely rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19. The rapid diagnostic test can detect and identify viruses within five minutes, said the UK-based university. The method can be used to differentiate the SARS-CoV-2 virus from negative clinical samples and also from other common respiratory pathogens […]
Continue reading …COV001 clinical trial results : Oxford vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 triggers strong immune response
July 20, 2020 No Comment
COV001 clinical trial results : AstraZeneca and Oxford University said that interim results from the phase 1/2 COV001 clinical trial showed the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) to be well tolerated besides generating strong responses in all evaluated participants against the COVID-19 causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. The early-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial is being led by Oxford University, […]
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Russian pharma company R-Pharm has reportedly signed an agreement with AstraZeneca for manufacturing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine being developed by the latter in collaboration with UK-based Oxford University. The entire world is pinning hopes on the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine candidate, which reportedly seems to be the most probable to become the first vaccine against the […]
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Researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK have commenced the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine trial in healthy human volunteers to test the vaccine candidate’s ability in protecting against the novel coronavirus. Nearly 1,100 people, aged between 18 and 55 are taking part in the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial, of which half of them […]
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Evox Therapeutics, an Oxford biotech spinout focused on developing exosome therapeutics, has raised £35.5 million from a Series B financing round led by Redmile Group with new investments from Google’s GV, Cowen Healthcare Investments and others. The Series B round of the UK biotechnology company also saw participation from existing investors – Oxford Sciences Innovation […]
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