Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday dispatched its first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine shots for the COVAX vaccination initiative. Under this initiative, Ghana became the first country to receive vaccines. COVAX (Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access) is a...
The authorization will let the Pune-based Serum Institute of India supply Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine Covishield to the WHO-backed COVAX initiative. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) granted emergency use listing (EUL) for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by India's...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2021 on Monday, increased allocation for the healthcare sector and provided Rs 35,000 crore towards Covid-19 vaccination in the financial year 2021-22. Indian Covid-19 vaccine makers Serum Institute of India...
Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday said that the company hopes to launch the Covid-19 vaccine in partnership with US-based biotech company Novavax called Covovax in India by June 2021. Poonawalla tweeted: “Our partnership for a...
Pune-based Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla earlier through a tweet reassured the government and the public that there would be no loss of Covishield production. Five people died after a major fire broke out on Thursday afternoon at...
