Meeting 1.35 bn vax dose target in Aug-Dec a long haul

While Covishield supplies would meet the target of 500 mn doses between August and December, it looks like Covaxin would miss the target of 400 mn unless the partner sites of Bharat Biotech ramp up......

Govt exploring possibility to produce Covaxin abroad

To address the shortage of COVID-19 jabs in the country, the government is exploring the possibility of boosting production of vaccines, including identifying manufacturing sites for indigenously......

Covaxin output scaled up to 500 million jabs a year: Bharat Biotech

This apart, to further increase capacities, Bharat Biotech has partnered with Indian Immunologicals (IIL) to manufacture the drug substance for Covaxin. The technology transfer process is......

Sputnik V vaccine to be available in India from next week: Govt

India is expecting 156 million doses of the vaccine from August to September, reports Ruchika Chitravanshi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Russian Direct Investment Fund on Facebook Sputnik V, the......