SPUTNIK V Subject: Science & tech Context: Recently, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) has said that it had launched Sputnik V in India. The vaccine is currently the second most expensive Covid-19 jab in the country. Concept: About Sputnik V It is made by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow. […]

    SPUTNIK V Subject : Science & tech Context : Nod soon for Sputnik V rollout, amid virus surge. Concept : The vaccine has been called Sputnik V, named after the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik-I launched by the Soviet Union. It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to be approved. This vaccine has been […]

    SPUTNIK V Subject : Science & technology Context : An interim analysis of data from the phase 3 trial of the Covid-19 vaccine from Russia — Gam-COVID-Vac, or Sputnik V — suggests that a two-dose regimen offers 91.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19. Concept : The vaccine has been called Sputnik V, named after […]

Subject : Science & tech Context : Russias’s Sputnik V vaccine 92% effective. No adverse events reported in Phase 3 trials that involved 36,000 volunteers, says its Health Ministry. Concept : The vaccine has been called Sputnik V, named after the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik-I launched by the Soviet Union. It is the first […]

Subject: Science and tech Context : Pharma Major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories have received approval for trials in India. Concept : The vaccine has been called Sputnik V, named after the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik-I launched by the Soviet Union. It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to be approved. The vaccine is based on the […]