The uncertain path to authorisation in the US for Novavax despite passing the efficacy test with an impressive score of 90.4% might see India emerge as a major hub for the shots with the Serum Institute of India as manufacturing partner. The large Novavax trials conducted on 29,960 persons in the US and Mexico have delivered results that equal the Pfizer and Moderna jaba and do better than Johnson and Johnson, but regulatory clearance appears distant as an overflowing vault of vaccines had diminished the need for emergency use approvals. Under the US law, there is no need for additional EUAs once there are enough doses to cater to domestic needs. The Bombay HC on Monday gave the Maharashtra government till June 22 to decide on door-to-door vaccination after the civic agency said it was keen to lauch such drives for the disabled and bedridden. In a contemporary version of the place coups of yore, Lok Janshakti Party founder Ramvilas Paswan's brother and nephew combined to depose the late leader's son Chief Pawan as leader of the family outfit in Lok Sabha. Five of the six LJP MPs joined the putsch, leaving Chirag battling for the legacy of his late father a respected figure for Dusadhas, a Dalit category in Bihar. Paswan's younger brother Pashupati Paras is the new leader. His nephew Prince Raj has sided with Paras. The stocks of six Adani Group companies, run by billionaire business man Gautam Adani, went into a tailspin on Monday after it came to light that accounts of three key foreign investors were frozen by depository NSDL, resulting in the conglomerate losing around Rs 70,000 crore market value at one point. The stocks however, recovered later in the day after the group cited a mail from NSDL and said the accounts of the three FPIs that were shown as frozen.
