Adar Poonawalla said the partnership with Novovax has shown “excellent results.” New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, is hoping to launch Covovax, developed in partnership with US vaccine developer Novavax, by June, CEO Adar Poonawalla said today. In a UK trial, the US-based pharmaceutical …
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Five workers were charred to death in a fire that broke out on the fifth floor of a building under construction of the main Serum Institute of India (SII) of vaccine manufacturing in the Manjari area of Pune on Thursday afternoon. The five killed were contract workers: two from Uttar …
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On Thursday a major fire broke out at the Pune-based vaccine manufacturing company Serum Institute of India. The company is involved in the production of the Covid-19 Covishield vaccine, which has recently been granted an emergency use authorization in India. According to ANI reports, the fire broke out at the …
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Three temperature-controlled trucks deployed the vaccines from the Serum Institute facility in Pune. New Delhi: The first batch of Covishield, the Serum Institute of India’s coronavirus vaccine, left Pune early this morning, four days before the national inoculation campaign against COVID-19. Amid tight security, three temperature-controlled trucks left the Serum …
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NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Health said Tuesday that the government is ready to implement a Covid-19 vaccine within 10 days of the approval date. The announcement means that the vaccination process in India could start no later than next week. On January 3, the Comptroller General of Drugs …
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Covishield is set to “roll out in the next few weeks,” Adar Poonawalla said. (File photo) New Delhi: All the risks taken by the Serum Institute have finally paid off, tweeted Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Pune-based vaccine manufacturer, shortly after the country’s drug regulator authorized its Covishield vaccine for …
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Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday that frontline and healthcare workers will receive the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in the first phase in the national capital, even as the Comptroller General Drug Commission of India gave final approval for the emergency. use of Oxford University-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech …
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For the executive director of the Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, the moment of happy new year came on January 3 after the General Controller of Drugs of India on Sunday gave the final go-ahead to Covishield, the vaccine developed by the Oxford University and leading pharmaceutical Astrazeneca and …
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NEW DELHI: India is poised to celebrate New Years Day by giving its first approval to a coronavirus vaccine. The expert panel is likely to approve the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford for emergency use on Friday, Reuters reported, citing sources. If approved, India will become …
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NEW DELHI: The UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca. India is likely to follow suit soon. The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest producer of vaccines, has already produced almost 50 million doses …
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