The approval of antibody cocktail of Casirivimab and Imdevimab in India was based on the data filed for the EUA in the US, and the scientific opinion of the CHMP in the European Union.
Month: May 2021
** Oxygen Express trains so far delivered 2,067 tonnes of medical oxygen across India
The Railways’ Oxygen Express trains have delivered around 2,067 tonnes of medical oxygen across the country over the last 16 days with Delhi getting the highest 707 tonnes, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 641 tonnes.
** UoH start-up introduces Covid treatment through stem cells
Transcell Oncologics, a biotech startup company incubated at ASPIRE-Technology Business Incubator (ASPIRE-TBI), University of Hyderabad (UoH), on Monday announced a breakthrough human umbilical cord tissue harvested and clinically processed adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) based therapy to Covid patients, a press release from UoH said.
Dr Subadra Dravida, Founder CEO, Transcell
** Italy sends oxygen generation plant for ITBP hospital, team of medical specialists
The oxygen production plant, capable of supplying an entire hospital, will be deployed at the ITBP hospital in Greater Noida, the Italian embassy said in a statement. The Italian support package also includes 20 ventilators.
The specialists who arrived on the flight include a team from the Maxiemergenza 118 emergency service of Piedmont region, a doctor from Lombardy region and a representative of the Italian health ministry.
** Krithi Karanth becomes first Indian woman to get ‘Wild Innovator Award’
Dr Krithi K Karanth, Chief Conservation Scientist at Bengaluru-based Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), has been chosen as the first Indian and Asian woman for the 2021 ‘WILD Innovator Award’.
** ‘An icon of India’s legal system’: Tributes pour in for Soli Sorabjee
Serving as a legal professional for nearly seven decades, Sorabjee occupied the office of the Attorney General of India twice — first from 1989-90 and then from 1998-2004.
** IAF transports oxygen containers from Chandigarh to Bhubaneshwar, Ranchi
** From the US to Bahrain: The countries that have sent Covid relief material to India so far
Over 40 countries — including major powers like the US, Russia and France — have vowed to provide India with crucial Covid relief material over the next few weeks.
** Air Marshal Sandeep Singh takes charge as chief of South Western Air Command
A key player in the induction of Su-30 MKI aircraft in the Indian Air Force, Air Marshal Sandeep Singh was commissioned in the Fighter Stream on December 22,1983.
** Indian-origin author, playwright Ronnie Govender dies of age related illness in South Africa
Govender’s debut book, Cato Manor Stories, won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best first book in the Africa section