Embassy Leisure and Entertainment LLP, a subsidiary of the Embassy Group, is rolling out a free vaccination drive for all its employees. Through the initiative, which began on the 4th of June’21, the company aims to inoculate 100+ employees in the first batch across different locations in Bangalore. Embassy Leisure has different restaurants in Bangalore…
Sonalika Tractors announced, in April’21, a massive COVID-19 vaccination drive for 100% of its workforce and in two months, the company has achieved its mission, according to a statement. The company said in a statement, “Under the fully sponsored drive by the company, all of Sonalika’s family members have been vaccinated with the first dose…
COVID-19 has taken its toll in every region, every country and every community. The accessibility of vaccines and therapeutics are not ubiquitous across the globe, leaving vulnerable populations disadvantaged. Mastercard announced a commitment of $25 million to help secure equitable access to and distribution of vaccines across the world. Today’s philanthropic commitment builds on the…
Westlife Development Ltd – the company that owns and operates the master franchisee of McDonald’s restaurants in West and South India, has announced COVID-19 vaccination cover for all its employees including the part time staff and its delivery riders. Westlife will cover the cost of the vaccination and will also facilitate its administration across cities.…
SKF India has announced cost coverage for COVID-19 vaccination drive for all employees and their immediate family members as per the guidelines by the Government of India. Reaffirming SKF India’s commitment, Gautam Kumar, CHRO, Director HR, SKF India Ltd., said, “We believe that covering the cost of COVID-19 vaccination for our employees and their immediate…
Higher ed-tech company – upGrad is planning to cover the entire cost of Covid-19 vaccination for its employees and their family members. The COVID-19 vaccination drive will include all employees and former employees given they choose to receive the vaccine. Co-founder & Chairman – Ronnie Screwvala, Co-founder and MD – Mayank Kumar and Co-founder, upGrad…
CII has asked the government to allow companies to vaccinate their employees and family members for Covid 19, CII said in its press release. “It is suggested that for ensuring faster rollout and for providing confidence to workers at the workplace, business enterprises could be permitted to vaccinate their employees and immediate family members. Enterprises…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development financial institution, announced it has allocated $20.3 million in technical assistance to help its developing members access vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and establish systems to enable equitable and efficient vaccine distribution. The funds will be available for ADB developing members to support vaccine-related health system assessments and…
The Phase 3 ENSEMBLE study of the single-dose regimen of JNJ-78436735, the investigational vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, continues to enroll and vaccinate study participants. ENSEMBLE is proceeding to enroll up to 60,000 participants worldwide. In addition to the single-dose regimen ENSEMBLE…
Novavax, a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, announced an amendment to its existing agreement with Serum Institute of India Private Limited (SIIPL) under which SIIPL will also manufacture the antigen component of NVX‑CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID‑19 vaccine candidate. With this agreement, Novavax increases its manufacturing capacity of NVX-CoV2373 to over two…
CureVac, a leading clinical stage biotechnology company in the field of messenger RNA and one of Germany’s leading contenders to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, said it aims to raise up to $245 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on the US Nasdaq, according to Reuters. The biotech firm said it plans to offer a…
Wockhardt, the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology major announced that it has entered into an agreement with the UK Government to fill finish COVID-19 vaccines. The manufacturing will be undertaken at CP Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Wockhardt based in Wrexham, North Wales. As per the terms of the agreement the company has reserved manufacturing capacity to…
Panacea Biotec, India’s highly progressive research based health management company involved in research, manufacturing and marketing of branded pharmaceutical formulations, vaccines and natural products, announced that it has collaborated with Refana Inc. USA to make Covid-19 vaccine widely accessible around the world in an equitable manner through a Joint Venture company to be based in…
Hester Biosciences Limited, a Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company has announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati to work on the vaccine development against COVID-19. The agreement between the two parties was signed on 15th April 2020. “The vaccine will be based on recombinant avian paramyxovirus based vector platform. The…
Johnson & Johnson announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on since January 2020; and the rapid scaling of the company’s manufacturing capacity with the goal of providing global supply of more than one billion doses of a vaccine. The company expects to initiate human clinical studies…