Author: Biotech Express

A popular corporate-run newspaper recently ran this sensational headline, “Doctors fear those hit by Covid now vulnerable to cardiac issues.” The narrative under the headline is scary. It goes on to say that Covid-19 not only killed millions of people, the virus is leaving many more sick and vulnerable to chronic cardiac and nervous system disorders. The report goes on to describe two cases in young people in Maharashtra who had clotting and heart issues. The first, a 28-year-old who suffered from Covid-19 a year back landed up in hospital with heart issues. He weighed 130kg. The other youngster, 22-years-old,…

Modi K, P., Sonalismita M., Narsingh K., Kalpita T. and Deepak Agarwal* Institute of Fisheries Postgraduate Studies, TNJFU, OMR-campus, Chennai, India-603103, *E-mail: deepabfsc@gmail.com Abstract: Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector that provides highly nutritious food to mitigate global challenges such as hunger, malnutrition, medicinal therapeutics and human health. In the past few decades, the fisheries sector possesses potential threats of overfishing, anthropogenic activities, germplasm degradation, climate change and disease (viral, bacterial and parasitic). Advance genomics technology such as Next generation sequencing (NGS), Single molecule real-time sequencing (SMRT), Nanopore sequencing, Cas9-assisted targeting chromosome segments (CATCH) and quantum dot and signal amplification…

Bill Gates, Serum Institute of India (SII), Drug Controller of India (DGCI), Maharashtra government and the Union government were issued notices by the Bombay High Court to respond to a petition filed by a man over his daughter’s alleged ‘vaccine death’. The man, in his plea, had blamed Covishield for his daughter’s death and demanded a compensation of Rs 1,000 crore from the Indian vaccine-maker. In 2020, the Serum Institute of India entered into a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to speed up the process of manufacturing and delivery of up to 100 million doses of Covidshield…

The Kerala High Court on August 11, 2022 has made serious observations on deaths or adverse events related to Covid-19 vaccines. The court was hearing the case of Sayeeda KA vs Union of India. The Court called for urgent action from the Central Government and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Court said, they should formulate guidelines for disbursement of compensation to the families of people who died due to reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine. The Court was hearing the petition of a woman who lost her husband, following the administering of the Covid-19 vaccine in August 2021.…

Nicknamed “COVID-pandemic’s favourite snack” and the source of multiple social media memes, Dolo-650 mg, which registered a sales of over ₹500 crores during the COVID pandemic since March 2020, is back in the news following the public interest litigation in Supreme Court by the Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association of India (FMRAI), a national trade union, that sought enforcement of Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution. In its petition, FMRAI has alleged mounting instances of unethical marketing practices by pharma companies in their dealings with healthcare professionals, which in turn has a negative effect on…

Dr Anthony Fauci, United States top infectious disease expert who became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced that he will depart from the federal government in December. In service for more than five decades, the chief medical advisor of US President Joe Biden has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation. He was a leader in the federal response to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases even before the Coronavirus hit. “Fauci’s resignation will not prevent a full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic,”…

According to a recent news, the Indian government is planning to include Serum Institute of India’s indigenously-developed Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer in the National Immunization Programme. As per views of a vaccine expert who is furious after this news said, there is no clinical trial study available in public domain to study the benefits or harmful effects of the proposed vaccine but system is in hurry to launch this product while not making data transparent for public scrutiny. We have seen earlier also that how Covishield which was developed by Astrazeneca and manufactured by Serum Institute…

Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) in association with the leading incubation centres in the country in the biotech sector organized “Whale Tank Event, a Venture Capital – Biotech Startup Connect”, which held virtually on the 18th & 19th of August 2022. This Whale Tank event gathered amazing start-ups, venture capitalists, pharma and biotech firms, and leading incubation centres together on one platform. The purpose of this event was to facilitate potential investments in Bio start-ups and nurture the start-up ecosystem in the life sciences space in India. It was an excellent opportunity for startups in Bio or Life Sciences,…

The CTRI is a database of more than 45,000 registered clinical trials that is entirely paperless. Now, it has been revealed that the clinical trial registry ‘doesn’t exist’ and that ‘ghost staff’ runs the tests after June 30th 2022. The existing staff of CTRI also have not been given any further extension beyond June 30th, 2022, but the supposedly non-existent ghost staff has registered over 1,060 clinical trials from July 1 till August 5.The CTRI is a database of more than 45,000 registered clinical trials that is entirely paperless. It is accessible to the public, searchable, and is kept up…

According to Dr. Naomi Wolf, who runs a crowdsourced project to analyze 300,000 Pfizer documents released via a FOIA request, 44 percent of pregnant women who participated in the drug maker’s COVID-19 vaccine trial lost their babies. As first reported by American Greatness, research released by feminist activist and author Dr. Naomi Wolf through her website The Daily Clout indicates that 44 percent of pregnant women in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial lost their babies. Wolf, who runs a crowd-sourced analysis project of 300,000 pages of Pfizer documents ordered released in a January ruling by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman of…