India – COVID-19 vaccine guidelines in India
India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has published draft guidelines about the development of COVID-19 vaccines, falling in line other regulatory agencies by...
Australia – Testing of medicinal cannabis products being supplied via SAS in Australia
Medicinal cannabis products are products intended for therapeutic use that contain or are derived from any part of the Cannabis plant. They generally contain the components...
China – China begins trial of COVID-19 vaccine spray
China on Wednesday approved the first phase of human testing for a nasal spray vaccine, the first trial vaccine for the coronavirus that does...
Australia – Dosing begins for COVID-19 Phase I/II trial in Australia
The phase 1/2, which has been initiated in Australia, will test the vaccine candidate in several hundred participants following the completion of enrolment.
The vaccine...
China – China: First COVID-19 vaccine patent granted to CanSino
China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents...
China – China’s CDE creates COVID-19 vaccine development guidelines
China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has published a slate of guidance documents covering different aspects of the research and development of vaccines against...
Australia – Study affirms safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
A new large-scale study that analyses more than 11 years' worth of surveillance data has affirmed the safety of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (4vHPV)...
India – Coronavirus Vaccine Race: Most of the Covid-19 vaccines are already reserved
Hectic negotiations are underway between countries as well as with pharmaceutical companies to secure enough supplies of Covid vaccines once the different candidates under...
India – Govt releases guidelines for schemes to boost domestic manufacturing of bulk drugs,...
The government on Monday released guidelines for four schemes to boost domestic manufacturing of bulk drugs and medical devices as part of its drive...
Australia – Australia’s first COVID treatment approved
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted provisional approval to remdesivir ("Veklury", Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd) as the first treatment option for COVID-19. It...
