Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelines

11:46 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The government on Monday revised the clinical guidance for COVID-19 treatment, dropping the off-label use of convalescent plasma as it was found not beneficial in reducing the progression to severe disease or death. The development came following a meeting of the ICMR-National Task Force for COVID-19 last week wherein all members were in favour of […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Bharat Biotech set to dispatch first consignment of Covaxin

2:55 pm January 12, 2021

Hyderabad : Bharat Biotech, which has received Emergency Use Authorisation approval from the Drug Controller General of India for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin,is set to dispatch it from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Tuesday evening, a senior official of the Airports cargo division said. ”Today we have received the first consignment of vaccines […]

Hopeful about Indian coronavirus vaccine: Tope

11:39 pm July 3, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said he was hopeful about the coronavirus vaccine being developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Bharat Biotech International Ltd. He spoke to ICMR director general Balram Bhargava about the vaccine, Tope said in a statement here. “I was told clinical trials of the […]