MUMBAI( AFP)-The head of the world's largest vaccine maker said on Friday( Sept 17) it was" unethical" to give third doses of the Covid-19 vaccine while developing nations are struggling to access first and second jabs.Mr Adar Poonawalla, billionaire chief executive of Serum Institute of India, spoke out as he announced a US$ 4.9 billion( S$ 6.6 billion) deal to take a 15 per cent stake in a rival pharma firm, allowing vaccine production to be ramped up. Israel was the first country to recommend

U.S. regulators took action Wednesday that will make it easier to get a cheaper, near-copy of a brand-name insulin at the drugstore. Doctors now have to specifically prescribe what’s called a biosimilar or OK substituting it for a more expensive brand-name insulin. Wednesday’s move by the Food and Drug Administration will allow pharmacists to automatically substitute the cheaper version, just as they do with generic pills for other kinds of drugs. It’s the FDA’s first approval of an “ interchang