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Oral Covid-19 vaccine on the way

Ecostar Editor MagMarch 22, 2021 2423 Views0

Premas Biotech, a developer of novel biotherapeutic and vaccine candidates, with Oramed Pharmaceuticals, announced the development of an oral Covid-19 vaccine that has shown efficacy after a single dose. Premas, Oramed and other shareholders, have formed Oravax Medical, which has received exclusive licenses from Oramed and Premas to develop oral COVID-19 vaccines. After a single dose of the Oravax COVID-19 capsule, efficacy was evident through antibody production in a pilot animal study. Oravax’s vaccine promoted both systemic immunity through Immunoglobulin G (IgG), the most common antibody in blood and bodily fluids that protects against viral infections and Immunoglobulin A (IgA) which protects the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts against infection. Premas’ protein-base...

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Guest Column

A lesson from the pandemic

Ecostar Editor MagFebruary 15, 2021 1524 Views0

Dr. Sashikala Panickar (PHD in Polymer Science from IIT Mumbai) The world lost its battle to the virus, an invisible particle. It has changed human behavior, the way people do business and the way the people live, writes Dr. Sashikala Panickar, Founder and Chairperson, Sachin Specialty Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. The calendar 2020, that has now turned out, began with news of unusual pneumonia caused by a viral infection. The case was first reported in the wet market of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China. At that time, I never thought the case was worthy of a news- paper report. But inside pages of news- papers used to carry small reports of the virus, which was called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, which became infamous by the name Covid-19. Gradually, the size of...

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Around The World

Better than feared Christmas celebration

Ecostar Editor MagFebruary 15, 2021 1527 Views0

Europe and America are still cold. The virus hasn't shown any sign of retreat. In fact, a second wave is passing through. the two continents. In Beijing. Associated Press reported, official churches abruptly cancelled Mass on Christmas Day. China’s Capital was put on high alert after confirmation of two COVID-19 cases last week, and two new asymptomatic cases were reported Friday. One of several notices was posted at Beijing's St Joseph's Church , which was built by Jesuit missionaries in the 17th century. According to the foreign reports. in Paris, members of Notre Dame Cathedral's choir, wearing hard hats and protective suits — not against COVID-19 but for construction conditions in the medieval landmark ravaged by fire in 2019 — sang inside the church for the first time since ...

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BlogSajikumar Nair

Damn public health to serve vaccine makers’ interests?

Ecostar Editor MagJanuary 6, 2021 1891 Views0

Vaccine takers do not know they are inoculated with an inactive virus to make their body develop antibodies. That is a speculative hope. No anti-Covid-19 vaccine has been tested for ascertaining any possible long term circulatory health complications. The hurriedly developed anti-Corona-19 vaccine cannot assure long term safety. It can only create more business for the makers, perhaps with recommendations for more jabs and other preventive cares. The ploy only assures them potential future business. Drug multinationals have a history of selling toxic drugs to the third world with two intentions, creating more patients for their future business and ascertaining data from the trials on people who enjoy a free supply of medicines. Don't forget the Cutter's polio vaccine disaster. On 27th N...

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Insurance

ICICI Lombard’s Health Insurance with unique benefits

Ecostar Editor MagDecember 10, 2020 3957 Views0

ICICI Lombard, one of India’s leading private sector non-life insurance companies, has launched ICICI Lombard Complete Health Insurance offering with new health plans and benefits. The plans – Health Shield, Health Shield Plus, Health Elite and Health Elite Plus, are loaded with the latest features and comprehensive coverage to provide enhanced protection to customers. Some of the newly introduced coverage benefits include donor expenses, domiciliary hospitalization, emergency assistance, worldwide cover, unlimited reset, air ambulance, super no claim bonus, sum insured protector and claim protector, cashless OPD services, among others. With this, ICICI Lombard is redefining the health insurance space introducing benefits that are aligned to the new normal and hence contextual to today’s n

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