The Union Health Ministry said that India took 34 days to administer 10 million Covid-19 vaccines, which makes the country the second-fastest in the world. The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that over 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have...
On Sunday, Mexico received a shipment of “Made in India” Covid-19 vaccines at the Mexico City airport. India delivered 870,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine Covishield to Mexico. Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) manufactures Covishield. While sharing the...
Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his cabinet colleagues formally received the vaccines from Douglas–Charles Airport, Dominica. Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Caribbean nation received a shipment of 35,000 Covishield vaccines...
Managing Director of Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E Ltd on Wednesday told Reuters that the company is looking to contract-manufacture around 600 million Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine doses per year. Managing Director of Biological E Mahima Datla said: "We...
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...
Before rolling out vaccines in India, foreign vaccine makers must conduct at least a Phase-three trial with Indian volunteers even if the vaccine is approved outside India. According to a report in an Indian newspaper, Tata Group’s health care venture...
