GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to Health. Context: The WHO has suspended Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin’s supply through UN agencies, after an inspection flagged issues relating to manufacturing. When was it approved? Covaxin had got emergency use listing (EUL) from the WHO in November 2021 as it met the standards set by …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to Health. Context: The World Health Organization (WHO) has given pre-qualification, or Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine. Please note that: The approval has been given by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), an independent advisory panel of the WHO. The approval was expected …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to Health. Context: European Commission signs contract for the supply of a monoclonal antibody treatment. 18 Member States have signed up to the joint procurement for the purchase of up to 220,000 treatments. What are Monoclonal antibodies? They are artificially created antibodies that aim to aid the …
