Serum Institute Of India

Delta to Omicron: Looking back at Covid-19 pandemic's journey in 2021

With omicron presenting another challenge, the country is working to be better prepared this time around.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved a proposed deal involving Serum Institute Life Sciences, Covidshield Technologies and Biocon Biologics.

Country now depends on foreign companies and Serum's product is likely to bring down prices.

The learnings from the global pandemic would help in addressing inequity in the health systems that are prevalent currently, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said

The SII, with its Covid-19 vaccines, played a huge role in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic that raged across the world in the past over two years.

SII has sought permission from country's drug regulator to conduct Phase-3 trial to evaluate safety and immunogenicity of its COVID vaccine Covovax as a booster dose in children aged two to 18 years

Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday wooed Elon Musk to invest in India to manufacture Tesla electric cars, saying it will be the best investment he would have ever made.

"A lot of you have asked if Covovax is available for adults. The answer is yes, it is available for everyone above the age of 12," CEO of Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla tweeted

A day after its Covid shot Covovax was included on the CoWIN portal for inoculation of children aged 12-17 years at private vaccination centres, the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday reduced the price of each dose of the vaccine from Rs 900 to Rs 225, excluding taxes.

Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said that the Covid-19 vaccine Covovax is now available in India for children.

A senior government official had told Business Standard last week that so far there was no scientific evidence to expand the vaccination programme to young children

A dose of Covovax will cost Rs 900 plus GST, in addition to hospital service charge of Rs 150, official sources told PTI

According to virologist Dr T Jacob John, vaccine fatigue has set in, also because the "cacophony of new experts" has been confusing

The Serum Institute of India has urged the Centre to use the available 10 crore doses of Covishield offered free of cost under COVAX facility in view of rising Covid cases, an official source said.

Serum has cited protectionist measures in other countries that led to a shortage of raw materials as one reason it fell short of vaccine production goals at the height of the pandemic

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He pointed out that there is rising vaccine fatigue among the public as the main reason for the low off-take of the vaccines

All those who are over 18 years of age and have completed nine months after the administration of the second dose are eligible for the precaution dose

SII CEO Adar Poonawalla stated that all across the world, the gap between second dose and booster shot is six month or less

Vaccine majors SII and Bharat Biotech said they have decided to cut prices of precaution dose of their respective Covid-19 vaccines to Rs 225 per shot for private hospitals after discussion with govt