Brazil’s health regulator cancels Indian Covaxin vaccine clinical trial
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) on Monday permanently cancelled clinical trials in the country of Indian Covid-19 Covaxin vaccine,...
July 27, 2021Topic
Bharat Biotech
India’s Bharat Biotech ends controversial Covaxin deal with Brazilian partner Precisa
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Negotiations over the health ministry's purchase of Covaxin became a target of Brazilian investigative committee...
July 23, 2021
STF orders Prosecutor General to open investigation against Bolsonaro in Covaxin case
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Prosecutor General's Office (PGR) on Friday, 2, requested the opening of an investigation at...
July 2, 2021
Minister fires official who allegedly asked for kickback to purchase 400 million vaccine doses
The Ministry of Health's logistics director had demanded US$1 in return for each vaccine dose purchased by the South American...
June 30, 2021
Brazil’s Senate president says extending Covid CPI to be considered after its term
Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco (DEM-MG) said on Tuesday that he should only consider the request to extend the Covid CPI...
June 30, 2021
ANVISA receives request for emergency use of Covaxin, the Indian Covid-19 vaccine
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) announced that on Tuesday morning (29) it received the request for emergency use of...
June 29, 2021
Bolsonaro says he was unaware of suspicious negotiations over Indian vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, said Monday that he did not know how the...
June 28, 2021 Opinion: BRIC by BRIC – a geopolitical analysis of Brazil’s “Covaxin” cause célèbre
All but one of the so-called BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, but not South Africa – are today...
June 25, 2021
Brazilian government denies alleged irregularities in Indian Bharat vaccine negotiations
The Brazilian government denied on Wednesday that there were irregularities in the negotiation for the Indian covid vaccine Covaxin and...
June 23, 2021