Iranian coronavirus vaccines

2023-01-04 17:43

Numerous homegrown vaccines to fight new strains

TEHRAN – The existence of several COVID vaccines makes the fight against the new strains easier, Shahnam Arshi, deputy director for the infectious diseases management department of the Ministry of Health, has said.

2022-04-24 19:00

No foreign Covid vaccines purchased since Nov. 2021

TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health has not purchased any foreign coronavirus vaccines since November 2021, deputy health minister Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, has said.

2022-04-08 17:21

10 African countries importing Iranian-made COVID vaccines: health minister

TEHRAN – Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has said the country is currently exporting domestically-made vaccines for coronavirus to ten African countries.

2022-03-11 18:27

Pastu Covac trial study to be published in prestigious intl. Journal

TEHRAN – The study of the Pastu Covac vaccine trial has been accepted by a prestigious international scientific journal, to be soon published, Alireza Biglari, head of the Pasteur Institute, has announced.

2022-03-04 17:47

WHO pledges to speed up registering Iranian vaccines

TEHRAN – World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pledged to expedite the process of evaluating and registering Iranian vaccines to receive an emergency use license, appreciating Iran's efforts to develop vaccines against the global pandemic.

2022-01-14 17:08

Spikogen vaccine approved for third dose injection

TEHRAN – The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized Spikogen coronavirus vaccines as a booster dose of all vaccines, deputy health minister Kamal Heydari has said.

2022-01-04 16:18

Intl. journals publish seven articles on Iran-Cuba vaccine

TEHRAN – Seven articles on different stages of development and clinical trials of the Iranian-Cuban coronavirus vaccine have been published in prestigious international journals.

2022-01-02 17:11

IRGC’s “Noora” vaccine begins third phase of human trial

TEHRAN – Noora coronavirus vaccine, developed and produced by Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), entered the third phase of the human trial on Sunday.

2021-12-31 17:04

Negotiations underway to export Razi Cov Pars vaccine

TEHRAN – A number of countries have requested to purchase the Iranian-made Cov Pars vaccine for COVID-19, and negotiations are underway to take the necessary measures for export, vice president for research and technology of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, said.

2021-11-30 17:56

20% of homegrown COVID vaccines permitted for export

TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health has issued a license to export 20 percent of the domestically produced coronavirus vaccines, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

2021-11-26 18:37

We no longer import COVID vaccines: health minister

TEHRAN – Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has announced that from now on no coronavirus vaccines will be imported to the country, emphasizing that the priority is given to domestic products.

2021-11-01 19:50

Two homegrown vaccines receive emergency use license

TEHRAN – The food and drug administration issued an emergency use license for two domestic vaccines of “Razi Cov Pars” and “Fakhra”, IRNA reported on Monday.

2021-10-25 19:00

S. Korea to provide Iran with 1m doses of COVID vaccine

TEHRAN - South Korea will soon offer 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran, on humanitarian grounds, to help address its vaccine shortage, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.

2021-09-08 18:16

Pastu Covac vaccine approved for children under 18

TEHRAN – Pastu Covac, developed jointly by the Pasteur Institute of Iran and Cuba's Finlay Vaccine Institute, is the only homegrown vaccine that includes use in children aged under 18.

2021-09-05 18:17

Cov Pars begins third phase of clinical studies

TEHRAN – “Razi Cov Pars” vaccine entered on Sunday the third phase of the human trial, being administrated to 40,000 people, IRIB reported.

2021-08-14 20:20

IRCS denies sending coronavirus vaccines to Venezuela

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), has denied sending any shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Iran to Venezuela.

2021-08-07 19:47

Spikogen vaccine enters third phase of clinical trial

TEHRAN – The Iranian-Australian coronavirus vaccine Spikogen started the third phase of the clinical trial with the participation of 17,000 people on Saturday.

COVIRAN vaccine closer to completing human trials

2021-08-01 17:06

More 200,000 doses of COVIRAN vaccine delivered

TEHRAN – Some 200,000 doses of COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine have been recently delivered to the Ministry of Health for public vaccination, Hassan Jalili, the vaccine’s production manager, said on Sunday.

2021-07-26 20:00

Cov Pars to produce 1m doses of vaccine monthly

TEHRAN – One million doses of “Razi Cov Pars” vaccine will be produced each month as of the sixth calendar month Shahrivar (starting August 23), Mohammad-Hassan Fallah Mehrabadi, deputy head of the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute has announced.

COVIRAN vaccine in process to WHO’s registration

2021-07-25 16:06

COVIRAN BAREKAT in process to WHO’s registration

TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine, is in the process to be registered by the World Health Organization, Asghar Abdoli, an expert in the vaccine production project, has stated.

2021-07-25 16:05

Pastu Covac is world’s only vaccine targeting several mutations: expert

TEHRAN – Pastu Covac coronavirus vaccine, developed jointly by the Pasteur Institute of Iran and Cuba's Finlay Vaccine Institute, is the only vaccine in the world that can fight several mutations simultaneously, Alireza Biglari, head of the Pasteur Institute, has said.