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The problems with one-shot Covishield
NDTV quoted unnamed sources in the Indian government saying it will be conducting a study to assess the feasibility of deploying the Covishield vaccine in a single-dose regimen instead of continuing the extant double-dose regimen. At any other time, such … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Op-eds
Tagged B.1.1.7 variant, B.1.617.2 variant, COVID-19 pandemic, Covishield, Government of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Public Health England, Serum Institute of India, vaccine effectiveness, vaccine efficacy, Vishwaguru
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A meeting with the PSA’s office
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) organised a meeting with science communicators from around India on January 27, in New Delhi. Some of my notes from the meeting are displayed below, published with three caveats. First, my notes … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm, Science
Tagged Chatham House Rules, Creative Commons, CSIR, Gaganyaan, Government of India, IndiaBioscience, ISRO, NISCAIR, Principal Scientific Adviser, science communication, science journalism
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The Indian medical devices industry stays foreign
On the one hand, India plans to expand its public healthcare system to more than 500 million people by 2020, and on the other, doesn’t reduce costs of the devices that will form the spine of this system. Continue reading
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Tagged Annual Survey of Industry, customs duty, Government of India, medical devices, medical tourism, per capita expenditure, pharmaceuticals
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