Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Pune-based pharmaceutical company Serum Institute of India (SII), said Wednesday that a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is likely to be available in the country by January. of 2021, as long as approvals from regulatory bodies are current on time. In …
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