Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said on Saturday he had tested positive for COVID-19. “I’m feeling well and symptom free,” Bourla said in a statement. Bourla, 60, back in August had contacted COVID and...

According to Persistence Industry Research’s most recent market analysis, “Global Market Study on Mineral Supplements: Pharmaceutical will be the largest segment by 2020,” the market for mineral supplements was worth US$7.3 million in 2013 and is...

Novo Nordisk and Microsoft have entered a new strategic collaboration to combine Microsoft’s computational services, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) with Novo Nordisk’s drug discovery, development and data science capabilities. Through the partnership, Microsoft is providing...

The country today received first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines for children. A total of 15 lakh 2 thousand 400 doses of specially prepared Pfizer vaccine arrived here. The director of the health department, M Shamsul Haque,...

Bangavax, a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Globe Biotech Limited, has been given the go-ahead to start phase one of its clinical trials by the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA). On Sunday, UNB received confirmation from...

Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, hailed the populace as the nation reached the milestone of administering “200 crore” doses of the Covid-19 vaccination today (Sunday). Up to 1 p.m. today, the Indian Ministry of...

Pfizer stated on Wednesday that it has begun a clinical trial of Paxlovid, a Covid antiviral medicine, in non-hospitalized pediatric patients aged 6 to 17. The Covid patients who will be evaluated will have a verified,...

There have been no complaints about negative side effects after the use of the Sputnik M coronavirus vaccine in adolescents aged from 12 to 17, Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Center, the vaccine developer, told...

South Africa’s health products regulator said on Friday it had approved the use of Merck’s Covid-19 pill for high-risk adults. The South African Health Product Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) said in a statement it has “authorised, with...

The World Health Organization announced Friday that six African countries have been chosen to develop their own mRNA vaccine production, despite the continent’s lack of access to Covid vaccines. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and...