The health ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that the Central Organization for Standard Control of Medicines has not received any reports of any deviation from standard procedures in research and development of the Covid-19 vaccine. The state’s health minister, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, informed the lower house that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization has granted a trial license permit for the manufacture of the Covid-19 vaccine for preclinical testing. , examinations and analysis of seven companies.
List of companies
1. Serum Institute of India, Pune
2. Cadila Healthcare Ltd, Ahmedabad
3. Bharat Biotech International Ltd, Hyderabad
4. Biological E Ltd, Hyderabad
5. Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai
6. Aurobindo Pharma Limited, Hyderabad
7. Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited, Pune
On Thursday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in Rajya Sabha said that while a vaccine could be available early next year, it would still take time to reach everyone.
“We hope that by the beginning of next year we will receive a vaccine. We are also coordinating with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies. We are one of the few countries that have managed to isolate the virus. There are around 40,000 samples under study ”, the minister had said.
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