Expects to complete trials by year-end
The Serum Institute of India, Pune has also been permitted for conducting Phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of the Oxford University-developed Covid-19 vaccine
Companies wait for government orders as top medical research group says health workers must get first inoculation
Partners with Gavi, Gates Foundation, will provide 100 mn doses to Covax, a WHO initiative led by Gavi and CEPI
As per SII, the vaccines will be available as early as the first half of 2021 after gaining approvals and qualifications from the WHO
The Indian drugmaker will have exclusive rights for the vaccine in India during the term of the deal
Serum Institute, the world's largest vaccine producer, has announced a plan to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven inoculation. 'I hope we don't go in too deep,' says CEO Adar Poonawalla
Serum Institute CEO didn't specify quantity of doses to be kept for community grappling with shrinking population
Initial results of the first two-phase trials of the vaccine conducted in five trial sites in the UK showed it has an acceptable safety profile and homologous boosting increased antibody responses
Adar Poonawalla's Serum Institute has tied up with AstraZeneca-backed Oxford vaccine candidate for one billion doses which it will make for India and the GAVI vaccine alliance of 58 countries
The high prevalence of COVID-19 infections in Mumbai and Pune will help test the efficacy of the vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, its local manufacturer SSI said
Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it gets ready.
Pune's Serum Institute of India is placing its bets on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate AZD1222
The varsity has tied up with Serum Institute of India (SII) to manufacture and supply the vaccine to India and over 60 other countries having a combined population of 3 billion
SII, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it gets ready
India's challenge immense in coronavirus crisis immense because of its large population, says billionaire philanthropist
Poonawalla further said that till the vaccine comes, testing is the key and that is why SII has invested in MyLabs
On Thursday, CDSCO also approved Zydus Cadila's plasmid DNA vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D, developed at its Vaccine Technology Centre in Ahmedabad.
China-based Hurun Research's report tracks wealth changes of successful entrepreneurs in the four months ending May 31.
The second of a two-part series examines challenges linked to IPR and monopoly once Covid-19 vaccine is created