Mysuru District Hospital begins to issue COVID Death Certificates Mysore/Mysuru: The much-awaited clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine – Covishield – developed by the University of Oxford began at JSS Hospital in city this morning. Pune-based Serum Institute of India partnered with AstraZeneca to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The volunteers received their first doses intramuscularly…
Phase-2 human trials of COVID-19 vaccine to begin at JSS Hospital soon
August 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Phase-2 human trials of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’, manufactured at the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) will begin at Mysuru’s JSS Hospital and Medical College in a couple of days. The Institute is awaiting guidelines and samples from SII. The JSS Hospital has been shortlisted to take up the COVID-19 vaccine…
India will get COVID-19 vaccine by year-end: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
August 24, 2020New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that if everything goes well, India would get a vaccine against the Novel Coronavirus by the end of this year. Three COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including two indigenous ones, are in different phases of development in India. Phase-one human clinical trials of the two indigenous COVID-19…
JSS Hospital shortlisted for COVID vaccine, drug trials
August 3, 2020Clinical trial to evaluate if Covishield vaccine can prevent symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s JSS Hospital and Medical College has been shortlisted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for Serum Institute of India’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate — Covishield — trial. The clinical trial is designed to evaluate if an investigational vaccine can…
COVID-19 vaccine: India to begin clinical trials in 3-5 months
May 25, 2020New Delhi: Four out of the 14 COVID-19 vaccine candidates from India may enter the clinical trial stage in the next three-five months, Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said yesterday. In an online interaction with BJP Spokesperson G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, Dr. Vardhan said the entire world was working on developing a vaccine to halt the…
He was inquisitive since childhood: Mother
March 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Mahadesh Prasad’s mother A.R. Rathnamma (Nagarathnamma), a resident of Bogadi II Stage, is elated with the news that her son is playing a crucial role in developing COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking to SOM, she said that it was a proud moment for her. “I have three children and all of them are scientists who…
Dr. A.J. Mahadesh Prasad is a committed Biomedical Scientist, says Guide
March 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The research Guides of Dr. A.J. Mahadesh Prasad, who is in the European Task Force for Coronavirus research team, describe him as a dedicated researcher who has involved himself in developing cures for many diseases that are plaguing the humanity. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Prof. K. Kemparaju of Department of Microbiology,…
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