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Phablecare, a continual illness administration startup, on Monday stated it has raised ₹187 crore in a funding spherical led by Kalaari Capital, which additionally noticed participation of Aflac Ventures, Digital Horizon and Stride Ventures together with present buyers Omron Ventures, SOSV, Social Starts, and Fresco Capital. hablecare’s companies are utilized by over 30 lakh sufferers, 1,000 pharmacists. An official assertion stated the corporate’s valuation has grown six occasions in a yr with out delving a lot into the main points. “Our focus over the next two years would be to take the technology to over 30 million Indian households and…

The Union Government today extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19 for a further period of 180 days. The Health Ministry said, the decision has been taken to extend the policy so as to continue to provide the safety net to the dependents of health workers. A letter to this effect has been issued to all States and UTs for giving wide publicity among the health workers. In March 2020, the PMGKP was launched to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of 50 lakh rupees to 22.12 lakh health care providers including…

According to recently leaked secret records, Pfizer hired 1,800 additional full-time employees in the first half of 2021 to deal with “the large increase” in adverse reactions to its COVID vaccination. “Pfizer has also taken a multiple actions [sic] to help alleviate the large increase of adverse event reports. This includes significant technology enhancements, and process and workflow solutions, as well as increasing the number of data entry and case processing colleagues,” the confidential report stated. “To date, Pfizer has onboarded approximately 600 additional full-time employees (FTEs). More are joining each month with an expected total of more than 1,800…

Six experts from India, South Africa and the United States have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reject the current version of a proposal at the World Trade Organisation on intellectual property waivers for COVID-19 medicines, that includes vaccines, drugs and diagnostics. In October 2020, at the WTO’s Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council, India and South Africa proposed that the WTO do away with certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the duration of the pandemic to facilitate access to technologies necessary for the production of vaccines and medicines. Such a waiver would aid scaling…

Professor Joyoti Basu is in Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute. Her areas of specialization are Molecular and Cellular Biology with special reference to mycobacteria. Dr Basu was awarded the INSA Medal for Young Scientists (1989) and the National Bioscience Award of the Department of Biotechnology (2002). She is a Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and National Academy of Sciences (India), Allahabad. According to the retraction on 24 Feb 2022, Following the publication of this article “Novel Role of Phosphorylation-Dependent Interaction between FtsZ and FipA in Mycobacterial Cell Division”, concerns were raised regarding the results presented in several figures.…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed it has suspended the supply of Covaxin, produced by city-based Bharat Biotech, through UN procurement agencies and recommending to countries that received the covid vaccine to take actions as appropriate. A statement issued by WHO on Saturday said the suspension is in response to the outcomes of its post EUL (emergency use authorisation) inspection held between March 14-22, 2022 and the need to conduct process and facility upgrade to address recently identified GMP (good manufacturing practice) deficiencies. There will be interruption of supply of Covaxin due to suspension of production for export, WHO…

It may be years before we fully realize the ramifications of the lockdown policies governments around the world have imposed on their citizens in response to covid-19, but evidence of the costs is starting to trickle in. A recent study (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/su/su7103a5.htm?s_cid=su7103a5_x) conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveyed thousands of high school students on the effects of the pandemic. “Since the beginning of the pandemic,” the study reports, “more than half of students found it more difficult to complete their schoolwork (66%) and experienced emotional abuse by a parent or other adult in their home (55%),”…

Indian biotechnology and biopharmaceutical company Biological E has been selected as a recipient of mRNA technology from the World Health Organization (WHO) technology transfer hub. Bio E already manufactures a number of critical vaccines, including Corbevax, a second-generation vaccine for COVID-19. “After reviewing a number of proposals from India, WHO’s Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PDVAC) today selected the company BiologicalE (Bio E) as a recipient of mRNA technology from the WHO technology transfer hub,” the WHO said in a statement issued on Friday. “WHO and partners will work with the Indian government and Bio E to develop a…

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY, NSEIFSC: DRREDDY, along with its subsidiaries together referred to as “Dr. Reddy’s”) and MediCane Health Inc. (along with its subsidiaries together referred to as “MediCane”) today announced the launch of its medical cannabis product in Germany. As part of a collaboration between Dr. Reddy’s and MediCane that started in 2021, MediCane will supply the medical cannabis products to Dr. Reddy’s from its EU-GMP-certified facilities in Portugal along with providing logistical and regulatory support. As the exclusive distributor of the products in Germany, Dr. Reddy’s will provide access to MediCane’s medical…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was left reeling on Friday after a High Court ruled that her vaccine mandate represented a “gross violation of human rights” for New Zealanders. The landmark case means that the police and NZDF cannot be fired for refusing to take the experimental vaccine. This case will be used to overthrow all of Ardern’s illegal mandates in New Zealand. Justice Francis Cooke ruled that ordering frontline police officers and Defence staff to be vaccinated or face losing their job was not a “reasonably justified” breach of the Bill of Rights. Nzherald.co.nz reports: The lawyer for…