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  • Novavax submits Recombinant COVID-19 Vaccine for approval in India
    7 August 2021

    Novavax submits Recombinant COVID-19 Vaccine for approval in India

    Novavax, Inc a biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, with its partner, Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd announced that the companies have filed regulatory submissions for emergency use authorization of Novavax' recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate with Matrix-M™ adjuvant. The submissions were made to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) and regulatory agencies in Indonesia and the Philippines.

  • 7 August 2021
    J&J COVID-19 vaccine gets approval, says Health Minister of India

     Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India has announced that Johnson and Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is given approval for Emergency Use in India.

    He said that India expands its vaccine basket. Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is given approval for Emergency Use in India. Now India has 5 EUA vaccines.

  • 4 August 2021
    New study details enzyme that allows coronavirus to resist antiviral medications

    The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has demonstrated a stubborn ability to resist most nucleoside antiviral treatments, but a new study led by an Iowa State University scientist could help to overcome the virus’s defenses.

  • 4 August 2021
    An overactive sweet tooth may spell trouble for our cellular powerplants

    The average American eats roughly 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day — more than three times the recommended amount for women and more than double the recommended amount for men. Although this overconsumption is known to contribute to Type 2 diabetes and other disorders, the exact ways in which eating too much sugar sets the stage for metabolic diseases on a cellular level has been less clear.

  • 4 August 2021
    Scientists discover a new way to detect early colon cancer

    Colon cancer is one of the most common types of cancer – both in India and worldwide. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), it is the third most common cancer in men (6, 63,000 cases in 2014, 10.0% of all cancer cases) and the second most common in women (5, 71,000 cases in 2014, 9.4% of all cancer cases).

  • 3 August 2021
    US FDA grants Priority Review to Roches Tecentriq as adjuvant treatment for certain people with early non-small cell lung cancer

    Basel, 3 August 2021 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) and granted Priority Review for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) as adjuvant treatment following surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy for people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours express PD-L1≥1%, as determined by an FDA-approved test.

  • 3 August 2021
    Sanofi to Acquire Translate Bio; Advances Deployment of mRNA Technology across Vaccines and Therapeutics Development

    As part of Sanofis endeavor to accelerate the application of messenger RNA (mRNA) to develop therapeutics and vaccines, the company has entered into a definitive agreement with Translate Bio, a clinical-stage mRNA therapeutics company, under which Sanofi will acquire all outstanding shares of Translate Bio for $38.00 per share in cash, which represents a total equity value of approximately $3.2 billion (on a fully diluted basis). The Sanofi and Translate Bio Boards of Directors unanimously approved the transaction.

  • 3 August 2021
    New RDA rules shows increase in Iron, Zinc, Vitamin A, C, D and Calcium intake

    ICMR has revised the nutrient requirements for Indians and has published new RDAs (Recommended Dietary Allowance) in 2020 and the Food Authority has decided to adopt the same. In New RDA rules, it shows an increase in Iron, Zinc, Vitamin A, C, D and Calcium intake for Indian population.

  • 2 August 2021
    Radio-wave Therapy Is Safe for Liver Cancer Patients and Shows Improvement in Overall Survival

    Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have shown that a targeted therapy using non-thermal radio waves is safe to use in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer. The therapy also showed a benefit in overall survival.

  • 2 August 2021
    USC Stem Cell scientists explore the latent regenerative potential of the inner ear

    Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Neil Segil have identified a natural barrier to the regeneration of the inner ear’s sensory cells, which are lost in hearing and balance disorders. Overcoming this barrier may be a first step in returning inner ear cells to a newborn-like state that’s primed for regeneration, as described in a new study published in Developmental Cell.

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