Adar Poonawalla urges US Prez to lift ban on export of vaccine raw material

Poonawalla had said earlier that US curbs were hampering scale-up of Novavax vaccine at Pune. Serum has collaborated with Novavax of US to make its vaccine here and supply to Covax at $3 a shot

Adar Poonawalla, the head of the world's largest vaccine maker (by doses), on Friday urged the US President Joe Biden to lift embargo on export of vaccine raw materials. The restriction has hit production of vaccines in India.

In a tweet posted on social media tagging the US President, Serum Institute of India (SII) chief said “Respected @POTUS, if we are to truly unite in beating this virus, on behalf of the vaccine industry outside the US, I humbly request you to lift the embargo of raw material exports out of the U.S. so that vaccine production can ramp up.