Pharmaceuticals

Novo Nordisk A/S and the University of Toronto (U of T) has announced a DKK 200 million (CAD 40 million) investment to establish the Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations. The network will focus on new...

Canadian health authorities said Saturday the country has recorded the second case of rare but serious blood clotting linked to AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, but still recommend the shot for use. The patient, who lives in the...

Denmark is the first country in Europe to completely abolish the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca corona vaccine. The country’s drug regulatory authority said on Wednesday it was considering blood clotting as a side effect after vaccination....

The United States and South Africa have temporarily suspended the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccines to prevent coronavirus. The European Union (EU) has also suspended the supply of vaccines. The decision was made considering the...

The Nepali government has decided to inoculate the COVID-19 vaccine donated by China among people aged 40-59 years, a senior official of Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population said. A batch of Chinese vaccines arrived in...

An expected reduction in the UK’s Covid vaccine supply next month is due to a delay in the delivery of five million Oxford-AstraZeneca doses from India. The shipment, produced by the Serum Institute of India, has...

The EU’s largest countries joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs on Monday over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organization and Europe’s medicines watchdog insisted it was safe to use....

Thailand has delayed its roll-out of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a health official said Friday, after several European nations suspended their programs over blood clot fears. The kingdom was scheduled to start the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out...

NIPRO JMI Pharma Ltd. recently arranged a befitting scientific seminar on “DPP-4 inhibitors & COVID-19 related outcomes among patients with type 2 Diabetes” at hotel InterContinental, Dhaka. Distinguished Professor AK Azad Khan, President of Bangladesh Diabetic...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted value-added tax (including withholding VAT) on fees for coronavirus vaccine, post-import storage, marketing, transportation, distribution, and immunization programs, reports Media. The information was revealed in an order signed...