Biotech Industry News

Scientific prowess in biotechnology to help fight poverty: Fawad

Federal Minister for Science and Technology (Now Information and Broadcasting Minster) Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday said that scientific prowess in industrial biotechnology will enable humanity to fight the challenges of hunger, poverty, diseases…

Coronavirus live updates | Bharat Biotech to make 6 crore Covaxin doses by July

National A worker checks oxygen cylinder, which is used for Covid-19 patients at PMCH, amid rising coronavirus cases across the country, in Patna, Friday, April. 16, 2021. | Photo Credit: PTI The Hindu Net Desk 17 April 2021 09:00 IST Updated: 17…

Will a passport be required? As more people get their shots, the thorny issue of whether to prove coronavirus vaccination is growing

Some companies are using persuasion, insisting that employees who don't get a COVID-19 vaccine wear a mask at all times once they return to the workplace. A growing number of colleges are taking a firmer stance, saying they will require shots for…

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Competitiveness and Resilience (CoRe) Partnership

Read more about the U.S. Japan Climate Partnership here The United States and Japan pledge to revitalize our Alliance and make practical commitments to fulfill its potential. Together we will advance innovation, end this pandemic and protect the…

How to Invest in Biotech Stocks | Learn More

Learning how to invest in biotech stocks can be intimidating for retail investors. These companies have a lot riding on their pipeline of drugs, devices and therapies. Investors doing their due diligence need to investigate the marketability of…

U.S.- Japan Joint Leaders' Statement: 'U.S. - JAPAN GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW ERA'

President Joseph R. Biden is honored to welcome Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide for the first foreign-leader visit of his presidency. Today, the United States and Japan renew an Alliance that has become a cornerstone of peace and security in the…

Like somebody gave me a happy pill:' Monoclonal antibodies are helping the Americans most at risk for COVID-19

First came the sniffles. Guadalupe Ramirez dismissed them as nothing to be worried about. She popped a pill. And forgot about them. Next came the searing back pain. That was easy to dismiss, too. She'd had rheumatoid and osteoarthritis for more…

The Week Ahead In Biotech: Johnson & Johnson, Biogen Earnings, Neurology Conference And IPOs

Biotech stocks reversed course in the week ended April 16, with the sector rebounding along with the broader market. The week's news flow was fairly light. The American Association of Cancer Research's annual meeting provided a platform for…

Union govt directs Bharat Biotech to double Covaxin production by May-June

Vaccinated Countries Wary of Relapse Stunt Air Travel Reopening

Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg Countries that have quickly rolled out coronavirus vaccines are only cautiously reopening for international travel, a sign it will take time for a hoped-for rebound in air traffic to develop. U.K. airline…

Covid-19 Live Updates: Global Deaths Pass 3 Million as Variants Surge

More than three million people have died from Covid-19 since the first cases surfaced more than 14 months ago and upended life for people across the globe. Global deaths reached that toll on Saturday, according to a New York Times database, as the…

India: Oxygen shortage in Maharashtra as COVID cases soar

When COVID-19 struck Karamsingh Pawar, a tribal activist from Nandurbar district in northwestern Maharashtra, it took him 48 hours to get a hospital bed with oxygen support. After the 55-year-old was admitted into the government-run COVID-19…

First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified, or GM, mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitec says…

How will the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts affect each company's reputation?

Having a devoted fan base is common for sports teams and pop stars — not so much injections providing you immunity against a disease. Yet as COVID-19 vaccines roll out — about 77 million people in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated…

Explainer: Covaxin production ramp up and its challenges

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday announced that three state-run vaccine makers will support Bharat Biotech International in scaling up the manufacturing capacity of Covaxin by at least 10-fold in about five months. To aid the scale up, the…